I want to be eight again, I want to be nine or ten,
I want to be just like a child, that is happy and wild,
Go back to that moment when...
Every day was a pleasure reborn,
When the world didn’t threaten and warn,
When the thoughts in my head, were for stories I’d read,
And lived out each day on the lawn.

I want to be eight again, I want to be eight again.

CHORUS
I want to live without any regrets,
Stop counting what everyone gets,
Act like a clown; spin ‘round and ‘round,
Follow the vapor of jets.
I want to be eight again, I want to be eight again.

BREAK AND REPEAT CHORUS

I want to be eight again, I want to be nine or ten,
I want to sing out of tune, rhyme silvery moon,
With June or spoon, and then...
I want to shed all my covers and skins,
And remember when I had no sins!
Stop dragging my cross, forget profit and loss,
In a world where nobody wins!

I want to be eight again, I want to be eight again.

CHORUS

CODA:
I want to be eight again. I’ll even settle for nine or ten.
I want to be eight again.