Stand outside a playground How I love to hear the sound Ringing hope the children know How to let the magic out, I'd be there Through the endless summers Seemed like life was ours to take The golden years before the fears I've seen ghosts of days gone by Telling me dreams don't die Like chasing a fly ball in center field And holding hands at a high school dance I'm drifting in time and it's taking me Back to the innocence Back to the innocence These days I lose my vision And I feel my years of age And through denial, forget my smile The cruel games I play, I know The child deep inside me is forever in my heart And now I pray a chance one day To have children of my own Share the blessings I have known Like chasing a fly ball in center field And holding hands at a high school dance I'm hoping the Sand Man is taking me Back to the innocence Drifting in time and it's taking me Back to the innocence Back to the innocence