loss of innocence

there are chicks just ripe for some kissing
and I mean to kiss me a few
man, those chicks don’t know what they’re missing
I’ve got a lot of living to do
sizzling steaks all ready for tasting
and there’s Cadillacs all shiny and new
gotta move, cause time is a-wasting
there’s such a lot of living to do
there are men of nineteen or twenty
who are suave and reckless and true
older men who’ll give a girl plenty
I’ve gotta a lot of living to do
there’s music to play
places to go, people to see
everything for you and me
crazy clothes and motorboat races
someone nice to cuddle up to
broadway lights and wide open spaces
there’s such a lot of living to do
lots of dates, and no one to scold you
loop-the-loop, and laugh at the view
moonlight swims and someone to hold you
we’ve got a lot of living to do
life’s a ball, if only you know it
and it’s all just waiting for you
you’re alive, so come on and show it
we’ve got a lot of living to do
once upon a time
a girl with moonlight in her eyes
put her hand in mine
and said she loved me so
but that was once upon a time
very long ago
once upon a hill
we sat beneath a willow tree
counting all the stars
and waiting for the dawn
but that was once upon a time
now the tree is gone
how the wind rustled through her hair
how we always laughed as though tomorrow wasn’t there
we were young and didn’t have a care
where did it go
once upon a time
the world was sweeter than we knew
everything was ours
how happy we were then
but someow once upon a time
never comes again
we all live in a sea
of neurosis and technology