Once I was ten years oldand you are ten nowsuch a big girl nowIt’s wrongto call you big girlyou’re a young woman nowI don’t remember nowif I felt like a womanwhen I was ten years oldbut you grew up fastYou had to grow up fastI think I grew up fastbut wanted youth to lastfor youSoon I’ll be 50 years oldNever thought I’d be so oldDon’t wanna be so oldOnce I was ten years oldand you are ten nowI hope you keep playingeven as you’re agingI don’t remember playingPlease, please keep on playingI want to play with youCan I play with you?Let’s play
Number 11 in April, for this week’s Tuesday Platform, a quick (and somber, sorry) riff on Lukas Graham’s song 7 Years as presented by Kerry. I’m behind in my April madness! Am soooo sick, lost a whole day to bed yesterday, and was already behind, but I’ll catch up!
*cough* *sniff* *sneeze*
Oh this is wonderful Marian ... love how you used the song, and just remember to keep playing.
ReplyDeleteThis speaks for so many of us. We see the ages pass in our children (and the first 10 years go a lot slower than the second, I can tell you). Yes, we need to slow down and play.
ReplyDeleteTime is such a slip sliding mystery... play I think is key to a life worth living, no matter how young or old we are. I hope you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteI'm right with you on this. Hope you feel better soon, Marian!
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly perfect. Loved the insistent verses, just wonderful.
ReplyDeleteLike a pleading voice desperately wanting to keep the essence of a child's play alive - especially noticeable in the closing lines.
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