back when we were kids we had it so good
never had a care never thought we would
now we're paying bills and paying taxes
might have a house and a car but the fact is
I'd give anything to go back again,
back to the tree house with my best friend
but I'm stuck in a job and stuck in traffic
can't believe how fast time passes by, man it really flies,

chorus:
what happened to the days of make believe?,
living worry free,
kings and queens of castles made of sheets,
let's go back to where it all began, young and innocent,
can we just pretend, like we were kids again?,

these days I wake up exhausted,
drink a pot of coffee just to get me started,
staying up all night is a thing of the past,
by the 10 o'clock news, I'm ready to crash,
sometimes grown-ups need a summer vacation,
3 months rest and recuperation,
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired all the time,

chorus:
what happened to the days of make believe?,
living worry free,
kings and queens of castles made of sheets,
let's go back to where it all began, young and innocent,
can we just pretend, like we were kids again?,

whoa oooo

yesterday I took a drive through my old neighborhood,
saw a couple kids playing and life was all good,

chorus:
what happened to the days of make believe?,
living worry free,
kings and queens of castles made of sheets,
let's go back to where it all began, young and innocent,
can we just pretend, like we were kids again?,

whoa oooo whoa yeah yeah
like we were kids again