Riding round on my pushbike,
Doing whatever the hell I liked,
Not getting in till dark,
I was safe playing football in the park,
Running round for hours, never stopped,
Getting penny sweets from the corner shop,
Swapping Pok\u00e9mon cards and smoking fake cigarettes,
A time I\u2019ll never forget,
Hearing Granddads stories of his youth,
Giving me advice, scars as proof,
Watching Dick & Dom shouting bogies during a play,
They don\u2019t make them like that nowadays,
People could leave their doors open
Left home alone at the age of ten,
Swapping Pok\u00e9mon cards and smoking fake cigarettes,
A time I\u2019ll never forget,
Sporty Spice was my first crush,
And blue smarties gave me a sugar rush,
Eating turkey twizzlers and pizza at school,
Before that chef decided to ban them all,
Trips to Butlins with my Nan,
Having conversations about Crazy Frog and Action Man,
Swapping Pok\u00e9mon cards and smoking fake cigarettes,
A time I\u2019ll never forget,
Now as I grow out of my youth,
And I start realising the truth,
Paying rent with money I don\u2019t have,
And always feeling the tax man\u2019s wrath,
My childhood now seems to be a bit of blur,
But it\u2019s a time I\u2019ll try to remember,
Swapping Pok\u00e9mon cards and smoking fake cigarettes,
A time I\u2019ll never forget\u2026..
Wrote on 20\/08\/2018 (NOT Proofread)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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