Childhood's Dying

Childhood's Dying

Childhood's dying - the kids grow up so fast,
Innocence and sweetness are relics of the past,
We're all chained to computers:
Pleasure, leisure, work and shopping,
What will happen in the future
When we've lost our sense of stopping?
We are running, headfirst, into the nightmares we once had,
We're forgetting simple pleasures,
Mum no longer lives with Dad.

This concrete won't grow roses,
And Snow White has lost her dwarves,
No-one's living in the Real World anymore,
No-one's living in the Real World any more.

Brother's suing brother over who was loved the most,
Lawyers getting richer, buttering easy toast,
We are victims of our own intelligence,
Cloning instead of breeding - it's pretence,
We're all seeking escapism from reality:
No-one wants to see what they believe or believe in what they
see.

But this concrete is creeping over our natural scenery,
And Cinderella's regretting getting married so quickly,
We're so caught up in practicality
It seems we've lost our dreams,
No-one's living in the Real World anymore
Because even that's not what it seems.

So count up all your money,
I'm sure they sell Happiness on the Internet -
If you find that suggestion funny,
Maybe there's hope for you yet.

Childhood's dying, but even that can be reversed,
We just have to remember how
To put the simple things first.