Lyrics to
Child For A Day

This version of Child For A Day was released by Cat Stevens in 1977.

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I was a child
Who ran full of laughter
I was a child who lived for today
My eyes full of sunshine
My heart full of smiles
I was a child for a day
We were the children
Who sang in the morning
We were the children
Who laughed at the sun
Who listened to those who spoke with their wisdom
We are the ones we would say, but

We’re getting older as time goes by
A little older with everyday
We were the children of yesterday

We are the men who worry of nothing
We are the men who fight without aim
We listen to no one, yet speak of our wisdom
We are the pawns in the game

We’re getting older as time goes by
A little older with everyday
We were the children of yesterday

I was a child
Who ran full of laughter
I was a child who lived for today
My eyes full of sunshine
My heart full of smiles
I was a child for a day

We’re getting older as time goes by
A little older with everyday
We were the children of yesterday

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About Lyrics and Child For A Day by Cat Stevens

The lyrics to Child For A Day are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Cat Stevens used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Child For A Day have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Cat Stevens and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Child For A Day by Cat Stevens. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Child For A Day" means the words set to the music of Child For A Day, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cat Stevens. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Child For A Day and the lyrics to Child For A Day are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cat Stevens who came here looking just for the lyrics to Child For A Day, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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