♪Skipping stones and knuckle bones and sweet childhood dreamsOf princesses and fairy tales and rainbow ice creamsAnd men changing schools and breaking rulesThe time now has comeFor exchanging toys with handsome boysAnd childhood is overBonjour TristesI've grown up, my future is sewn upThe gladness I knew as a child has defined meI'm tied to the future, I've triedBut I just can't get back to those days that I spent playingSkipping stones and knuckle bones and sweet childhood dreamsOf princesses and fairy tales and rainbow ice creamsAnd men changing schools and breaking rulesThe time now has comeFor exchanging toys with handsome boysAnd childhood is overBonjour TristesI've grown up, my future is sewn upIn sadness, the gladness I knew as a child has defined meI'm tied to the future, I've triedBut I just can't get back to those days that I spent playingSkipping stones and knuckle bones and sweet childhood dreams