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It Shouldn't Hurt to be a Child
By Michael Squires
Hopscotch, jump rope,
Hide & Seek, stars through a telescope,
Doll houses, pretend time,
Riding our bikes in endless days of sunshine.
If this was our childhood, how grateful we should be
To those who have helped us get through it properly.
But what of our children that now walk in our place?
Is childhood now shorter because of what they have to face?
It shouldn’t hurt to be a child, let them stay there a while;
But they must feel safe, in their innocence.
Let them find out who they are, then they can go so far;
For now, they just need us to let them be a child.
But what of our children that now walk in our place?
Is childhood now shorter because of what they have to face?
Generations of tomorrow,
Need us to stop the pain and sorrow,
And see the challenge that lies before us,
And join our voices as we sing this chorus:
It shouldn’t hurt to be a child, let them stay there a while;
But they must feel safe, in their innocence.
Let them find out who they are, then they can go so far;
For now, they just need us to let them be a child.
It shouldn’t hurt to be a child, let them stay there a while;
But they must feel safe, in their innocence.
Let them find out who they are, then they can go so far;
For now, they just need us to let them be a child.
Hopscotch, jump rope,
Hide & Seek, stars through a telescope,
Doll houses, pretend time,
Riding our bikes in endless days of sunshine.
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