When I Was a Child

I was reaching for the future Slowly floating in the blue When I was a boy I dreamed a dream of you I danced upon the treetop I drifted with the stream When I was a child I held you in my dream Oh-oh, ah-ah, ooooh Once I was a soldier In my castle strong Oh, I stood so tall then I could do no wrong Innocence and slumber When I was a boy I was walking with a stranger He left without a trace When I was a boy I slept at heaven's gate Once I was a soldier In my castle strong Oh, I stood so tall then I could do no wrong Innocence and slumber When I was a boy [Instrumental break] Once I was a soldier In my castle strong Oh, I stood so tall then I could do no wrong Innocence and slumber Oh, when I was, when I was, when I was, when I was, when I was, when I was, oh-oh-oh Oooh, yeah Once I was a soldier In my castle strong Oh, I stood so tall then I could do no wrong Innocence and slumber Oh, ooh, yes, you know, and so I wandered through the garden grove When I was a boy I was a boy I was a boy