Purity

There was a time I recall

We played in the sunshine one and all

Time of our lives when we were small

Young and full of heart

Somewhere along the weary way

Tenderness leaves the games we play

Pain is too high a price to pay

And so we drift apart

I long for naivety and purity of heart

I wish I'd never left

The comfort of my mothers love

I wish I could go home

Don't wanna grow old

Don't wanna grow up at all

And I don't want the world to die

Sometimes I think the best has gone

When you look around at what we've done

To persecute all we're living on

Fear the rising tide

When we were children we would run

Knowing that there could be someone

To keep us from all that could go wrong

Now we face our lives

I pray for humanity and clarity of thought

I wish we

Never hurt the feelings of this mother earth

I wish somebody cared

Don't wanna grow old

Don't wanna grow up at all

And I don't want the world to die

And I don't want the world to die