I am absolutely captivated by this song.  Can’t say why; just know the first time I heard it, (Delta Airlines commercial), it took me back to carefree days.  Naive.  Sunny days.  Finding that perfect rock for my collection.  Riding my bicycle.  Putting nickels on the train tracks just before the wheels flattened them.  Sneaking sugar cubes to the horses.  Oh to be young again and not know that I didn’t know what I know now.

Lyrics:

(Sandy and Joe Zynczak/J.A. Zynczak, Inc./ASCAP)

Give a little time for the child within you,
don’t be afraid to be young and free.
Undo the locks and throw away the keys
and take off your shoes and socks, and run you.

La, la, la…

Give a little time for the child within you,
don’t be afraid to be young and free.
Undo the locks and throw away the keys
and take off your shoes and socks, and run you.

La, la, la…

Run through the meadow and scare up the milking cows
Run down the beach kicking clouds of sand
Walk a windy weather day, feel your face blow away
Stop and listen: Love you.

Roll like a circus clown, put away your circus frown
Ride on a roller coaster upside down
Waltzing Matilda, Carey loves a kinkatchoo
Joey catch a kangaroo, hug you.

Dandylion, milkweed, silky on a sunny sky
Reach out and hitch a ride and float on by
Balloons down below catching colors of the rainbow
red, blue and yellow-green: I love you.

Bicycles, tricycles, ice cream candy
Lollypops, popsicles, licorice sticks
Solomon Grundy, Raggedy Andy
Tweedledum and Tweedledee, home free.

Cowboys and Indians, puppydogs and sandpails
Beachballs and baseballs and basketballs, too.
I love forget-me-nots, fluffernutters, sugarpops
I’ll hug you and kiss you and love you.

La, la, la… Love you.