When You Were A Child Lyrics - Kinks

We are born to this fantasy 

Can't believe what they've done to you 

Hard to see all these years go round 

Taught to hide all that's true inside 

What was it like 

When you were a child? 

Did you see the world 

In a different light? 

When the veil came down 

Our destiny grew away from us 

Don't it make you weep 

Can't you see 

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I believe that we were meant for each other 

We'll get along somehow 

If they leave us alone 

Why don't they let us be 

...Just what we want to be 

Don't it make you weep, can't you see? 

I can't believe what they've done to you 

They've got you just where they wanted you 

When we sleep, dream each other's dreams 

Casting memories on a sea of hope 

Remember life as a child could be 

Bring it back for all of use to see 

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What was it like 

When you were a child? 

How did it feel? 

Did your mother treat you kind? 

Mend those broken toys? 

For in your heart there's innocence 

Waiting to be free, can't you see? 

When you were a child