When I was just the age of five   My world had just come live   Wonderous things to see and be done   All that I could think of was fun      With hair of spun gold   Lips of ruby red   And eyes as deep as the deepest sea      When I was just the age of ten   My life had been changed again   I threw away all my childish toys   And worked on getting noticed by boys      And when I was just thirteen years of age   Going steady was all the rage   My mother picked out the cutest boy   My little leather-jacketed toy      And hair of spun gold   Turned to black as night   And the ruby red lips   Turned to pale pink      When I was fifteen years of age   He had my hand in marriage   And when fifteen years of age   In my arms I held my babe      And now I'm twenty-one   And I feel my life's over and done   And I'm looking down on my little child   Wondering, wondering if she'll be so wild      She's got hair of spun gold   Lips of ruby red   And eyes as deep as the deepest sea      When I'm looking down on my little child   I swear she'll have the time   There'll be time to love   There'll be time to learn   But childish memories she won't burn   We'll find time to laugh   We'll find time to play   She won't have to throw her toys away   I swear to you we'll wait for time   To take its time