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The scariest thing I ever heard, was a three-year-old mouth the words, I want to be like you, someday
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It got me to thinking that maybe I should change my ways

[Verse 2]
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I’m watching every line because they love to memorize, everything I say
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I should probably watch the words I sing

[Chorus]
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Ohhh, the innocence of a child
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Never ashamed to let their thoughts run wild
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Ohhh I wish I could be that kind
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I wish I could see the world through your eyes

[Verse 3]
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I love that childlike faith, the kind that no one should take away, I think I had, once before
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Got me to thinking that maybe I should pray a little more

[Chorus]
Em         C                  G      C G
Ohhh, the innocence of a child
Em                C                               G     C G
Never ashamed to let their thoughts run wild
Em      C                 G     C G
Ohhh I wish I could be that kind
Em                                 C                       G       C G
I wish I could see the world through your eyes

[Verse 4]
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It’s a phone call when I am alone, asking me, when I’m going to come home, again
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Got me to thinking I need to spend a little more time with them

[Chorus]
Em         C                  G      C G
Ohhh, the innocence of a child
Em                C                               G     C G
Never ashamed to let their thoughts run wild
Em      C                 G     C G
Ohhh I wish I could be that kind
Em                                 C                       G       C G
I wish I could see the world through your eyes
Em                                 C                       G       C G
I wish I could see the world through your eyes

[Outro]
G                                                                       C                              G  C G
The scariest thing I ever heard, was a three-year-old mouth the words, I want to be like you, someday
D                             C                         G
It got me to thinking that maybe I should change my ways