I see a swing set in the haze of dusk
A pair of shoes kicked off in the dust
Grass-stained knees that can't be undone
A game of tag where no one won
A wooden fort that's barely stood
A patched-up kite that flew as it could
Sticky fingers from the sweetest theft
A world of wonder that time has left
Oh childhood days where have you gone
The echoes fade but the feelings linger on
A melody played on a broken track
A song from a time I can't get back
Hopscotch squares drawn with shaky hands
Pocket treasures dragged home with sand
The sound of footsteps running so light
In the carefree glow of fading twilight
Out the window my dreams rewind
To chasing shadows I can't find
A fleeting world where I belonged
Now it's just whispers in a distant song
Oh childhood days where have you gone
The echoes fade but the feelings linger on
A melody played on a broken track
A song from a time I can't get back
I can't get back