If I Were Only A Child Again Lyrics - Back To The World - Curtis Mayfield

If I were only a child again 

No one's ever been, oh, good to me since then 

Everywhere I looked it seemed so color bright 

There were never such things to me as black and white 

Remember when we were part of that special few 

Everything it seemed was so pure and true 

I guess we were just too young to understand 

The unselfish cause of death and war and roles of man 

Only, only, only a child 

Only, only, only a child 

Only, only, only a child 

Only a child again, hey, hey 

If I were only a child again 

I would never want to venture life like this again 

People of the world hurling sticks and stones 

Like the sore fates of one come up and break my bones 

Only, only, only a child 

If I were only a child again 

And have the ability to understand 

I'd speak for little people from the date of birth 

And ask the grown ups, when will there be peace on earth? 

Grown ups, when will there be peace on earth? 

Brother, when will there be peace on earth? 

Only, only, only a child 

Only, only, only a child 

Only, only, only a child 

Only a child again, hey, hey