Time is only but a dream When you're all of seventeen You might throw it all away on silly childish games You had a touch of faith So please don't be ashamed Children don't do what I've done Lazing in the midnight sun Waiting for a magic man To come and show the way But baby there's no magic left today When you're speaking in the present tense You're rejecting all your innocence When you're speaking in the present tense, I'll know, I'll know You are beautiful I know Cause the gods all told me so But they never speak to me Like they did before I was a golden child Then I wanted more When you're speaking in the present tense You're rejecting all your innocence When you're speaking in the present tense, I'll know Ooh – Ooh – Well, well When you're speaking in the present tense You're rejecting all your innocence When you're speaking in the present tense, I'll know I'll know