[Intro]
[Verse]
We had our gang of c**k and crew
We roamed & rummaged dawn ‘til dusk
Our town the kingdom of The Few
To sow our barley free from rusk
[Chorus]
No parent cared too much to c***e
Each trusting out-of-sight by b***d
Naïve or fear-of-fear the joke?
Yet lived we then more child than hood
[Verse]
We forged the fuel-soaked stagnant stream
Constructed dens on building sites
In ghostly college lived a dream
And holed a pane or two in flight
[Chorus]
No parent cared too much to c***e
Each trusting out-of-sight by b***d
Naïve or fear-of-fear the joke?
Yet lived we then more child than hood
[Verse]
The roads we commandeered for games
15-a-side and none shall pass
Each garden fence a National name
Six-week summers of grit and grass
[Chorus]
No parent cared too much to c***e
Each trusting out-of-sight by b***d
Naïve or fear-of-fear the joke?
Yet lived we then more child than hood
[Break]
[Verse]
We had our gang of c**k and crew
We roamed & rummaged dawn ‘til dusk
Our town the kingdom of The Few
To sow our barley free from rusk
[Chorus]
No parent cared too much to c***e
Each trusting out-of-sight by b***d
Naïve or fear-of-fear the joke?
Yet lived we then more child than hood
[Verse]
We forged the fuel-soaked stagnant stream
Constructed dens on building sites
In ghostly college lived a dream
And holed a pane or two in flight
[Chorus]
No parent cared too much to c***e
Each trusting out-of-sight by b***d
Naïve or fear-of-fear the joke?
Yet lived we then more child than hood
[Verse]
The roads we commandeered for games
15-a-side and none shall pass
Each garden fence a National name
Six-week summers of grit and grass
[Chorus]
No parent cared too much to c***e
Each trusting out-of-sight by b***d
Naïve or fear-of-fear the joke?
Yet lived we then more child than hood
[Outro]