When I Was a Child

When I Was a Child - Peggy Lee

Lyrics by：Floyd Huddleston

Composed by：Mark McIntyre

When I was a child I thought as a child

My dreams were my kingdom my shrine

I thought as a child and I dreamed as a child

And the world that I lived in was mine

But all that I planned all those castles of sand

Disappeared disappeared long ago

I search but in vain for the joys that remain

Of the days I used to know

For there while in school was a child not a fool

A child who was wiser than I

For love was her dream and her love was supreme

And for the love such as her's she would die

But today I have learned that my love can be spurned

And my dreams can be doomed and defied

Yes I'm older today and I'm sad in a way

Sad that I'm no longer a child