The innocence of a child

When I was boy 
I dream I marry Marilyn Monroe
And people would look at us 
Where ever we would go

When I was a boy
I dream that she kiss me
And I buy her a diamond earring
For the whole world to see

The Innocence of a child
The wonder of a dream
will last forever like the flowers in the fields
And the water in the stream

When I was a boy
I would wake late at night with my mother
watching dark shadows
And in the morning
I helped her in the kitchen
With coffee, roti and white eddoes

When I was a boy 
I use to go with my father in the garden
And he buy us bicycles 
And My father would take us riding

When I was a boy 
I wish to be small forever
So I would aways be 
With my mother and father

But the dream of a child
Turn to the reality of a man
And I get older 
Trying to stay small as long as I can

when the innocence of a child
gets lost in time
And the fear of uncertainty
Will overcome his mind

When I was a boy
I dream that I would do magic
And no matter how hard I try
I just couldn’t do it

When I was a boy
I use to play with my brothers
Now we are so far 
Spread out in four corners

When I was a boy
I dreamed I was crying
And it turn to reality
When my father and grandmother died

I miss my mother
I want to tell her that I m sorry
That I cannot be there 
To spend more time with her

When I was a boy
My grandmother would make decorations
And for Christmas 
She would buy us so many presents

I wish I was a boy again
Even just for a little while
and our home will be happy again
with the innocence of a child

but those days are gone
and never to back again
all that left is the memories 
as everything else will vanish in the wind

The Innocence of a child
The wonder of a dream
will last forever like the flowers in the fields
And the water in the stream