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