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David M. Bailey
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It's been 20 years since I've been on this playground
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This place has seen a lot of change
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The monkey bars and swings, the sandbox and the rings
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Seems like everything's been rearranged
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The merry -go-round is in the middle
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The seesaw was moved to the side
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The grass where we looked for 4-leaf clovers
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Has been covered by a giant plastic slide
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So I'm sitting on this bench just reminiscing
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About the years when all I had to do was play
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When I could make a moment last forever
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And I could fit forever in a day
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Since then, a lot of things have happened
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I've been around the world a couple times
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I've watched us go to war, not always known what for
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I've seen us all commit every kind of crime
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So I wonder if I've turned into a cynic
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If growing up means giving up your joy
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Just for a moment, I let myself imagine
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That once again, I'm just a little boy
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Cuz then I'd prob'ly go right to the sandbox
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And ask if they had space for just one more
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Then play hide and seek along the banks of the creek
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Buy baseball cards at the general store
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But instead I to the old pavilion
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Where the parents sit with a watchful eye
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Everything looks different from their viewpoint
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I get confused when I feel like I could cry
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Maybe this place hasn't really changed at all
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It's still whatever children make it be
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There's a little dark-hired boy teasing all the girls
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And I swear he looks a lot like me
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As I watch the sweet commotion, I feel a strange emotion
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I catch a glimpse of truth that looks so strange
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It's my turn to go through what everybody goes through
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And realize that I'm the on who's changed.
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I check my watch and can't believe the time
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The afternoon is coming to a close
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I sit down on a swing; throw my head back in the air
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And celebrate what my heart now knows.
david m. bailey sings "One More Day"
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