Childhood Memories

This night I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep This prayer I still remember 'Though it's been so many years. If I should die before I wake I pray The Lord my soul to take These words would bring me comfort And would drive away my fears Childhood memories of happy days gone by Of games that you and I would sometimes play And looking back I think about what might have been But in my heart I know it's just a childhood dream Building castles on the sand We ran together hand in hand And everything we used to do together Running laughing in the snow Lacking those things we didn't know But in time we grew apart from one another Childhood memories of happy days gone by Of games that you and I would sometimes play And looking back I think about what might have been But in my heart I know it's just a childhood dream Childhood memories of happy days gone by Of games that you and I would sometimes play And looking back I think about what might have been But in my heart I know it's just a childhood dream This night I lay me down to sleep I pray The Lord my soul to keep