Time is only but a dream
When you're all of seventeen
You might throw it all away on silly childish games
You had a touch of faith
So please don't be ashamed
Children don't do what I've done
Lazing in the midnight sun
Waiting for a magic man
To come and show the way
But baby there's no magic left today
When you're speaking in the present tense
You're rejecting all your innocence
When you're speaking in the present tense, I'll know, I'll know
You are beautiful I know
Cause the gods all told me so
But they never speak to me
Like they did before
I was a golden child
Then I wanted more
When you're speaking in the present tense
You're rejecting all your innocence
When you're speaking in the present tense, I'll know
Ooh – Ooh – Well, well
When you're speaking in the present tense
You're rejecting all your innocence
When you're speaking in the present tense, I'll know
I'll know
