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Artist: Neil Young
Canonical path: /neil-young/i-am-a-child
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I Am A Child
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I Am A Child
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I am a child, I'll last a while.
You can't conceive
of the pleasure in my smile.
You hold my hand,
rough up my hair,
It's lots of fun
to have you there.
I gave to you,
now, you give to me,
I'd like to know
what you´ve learned.
The sky is blue
and so is the sea.
What is the color,
when black is burned?
What is the color?
You are a man, you understand.
You pick me up
and you lay me down again.
You make the rules,
you say what's fair,
It's lots of fun
to have you there.
I gave to you,
now, you give to me,
I'd like to know
what you´ve learned.
The sky is blue
and so is the sea.
What is the color,
when black is burned?
What is the color?
I am a child, I'll last a while.
You can't conceive
of the pleasure in my smile.
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Neil Young performs "I Am A Child", and this lyric page sits inside the Neil Young catalog on LyroVerse.
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