When this old world gets me down
And there's no love to be found
I close my eyes and soon I find
I'm in a playground in my mind
Where the children laugh
and the children play
And we sing a song all day
My name is Michael I got a nickel
I got a nickel shiny and new
I'm gonna buy me all kinds of candy
That's what I'm gonna do
Oh the wonders that I find
In the playground in my mind
In a world that used to be
Close your eyes and follow me
Where the children laugh
and the children play
And we sing a song all day
My girl is Cindy
When we get married
we're gonna have a baby or two
We're gonna let them
visit their grandma
That's what we're gonna do
See the little children
Living in a world that I left behind
Happy little children
In the playground in my mind
See the little children
See how they're playing so happy
In the playground in my mind
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