Lyrics Don Williams – The Long Walk From Childhood

Sandman, Candyman, Jesus and Dad, a furry soft bed to hold.
Puppy paws, Santa Clause, an’ not being bad, believing in what you’re told.
Oh the world of a child is all black and white, and prayers are easy to say,
No shades of grey, cloud wrong and right. I followed life that way.

Time flies, eager eyes, hungry to see, find holes in holy things.
Idols fall, one and all, and truth is a cheat that dances on puppet strings.
And the soldiers gun is a mockery, of the Sunday prayers that we prayed,
Wrong is right and right is wrong, I measured life that way.
On the long walk from childhood, the long walk from childhood.

Answer-man, Preacher-man, thinker and Bum, life is a market place.
Hear them cry, will you buy, and march to my drum, we’ll save the human race.
So I hum the words and I dance the tune, and change a bit every day.
Find the truth where I can, if I can, each step along the way.
On the long walk from childhood, the long walk from childhood.