I remember clearly   Childhood days I treasured dearly   Memories remind me   Of all the happiness behind me   Children on a see-saw   Throwing pebbles by the seashore   I remember still a meadow on a hill   Where once I used to run   In summers in the sun      But oh, they didn' t last   Those days went much too fast   And now I miss them so   Where did the time all go      I recall the good times   Those sentimental sandalwood times   Holidays and high days   Winter nights and warm july days   And I wonder why now   I never see a butterfly now   Waste too many hours   No time to smell the flowers   Or taste the gentle fun   Of summers in the sun      Oh no, they didn't last   Those days went much too fast   And now I miss them so   Where did the time go      Sadly as the time goes   We lose the innnocence a child know   I remember so well   The simple wonder of a sea shell   Catching fish in wild streams   And dreaming dreams    That every child dreams   Life was simple then   They' ll never come again   I miss them every one   Those summers in the sun