Verse 1:
When I was a child and the world was bright and new,
Life was like a game and I knew just what to do.
Playing on the beach, throwing pebbles in the sea;
Living for today, fancy free... Time drifted
Bye, the child has grown,
As a man wakes from a dream I look around...
What has been lost?
What has been found?
Instrumental break.
Verse 2:
How the years have flown, since that child played on the beach;
Careless pebbles thrown which the sea stole out of reach
Tides have ebbed and flowed and the dreams that I had planned:
Like those pebbles, lost in the sand Where are they
Now - those golden days?
Like the tune I used to whistle while I played...
Inside my mind,
The feeling stays...
Golden land...
Those childhood days...
Inside my mind:
Golden land!
Verse 3: (optional)
When I was a child and the world was bright and new,
Life was like a game and I knew just what to do.
Playing on the beach, throwing pebbles in the sea;
Living for today, fancy free... I must have
Slept - have I grown old?
Wrinkled fingers turn the page, the story's told:
Of lovers sweet,
Of warriors bold...
Golden land...
Those childhood days,
Inside my mind...
Golden land!

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