When we were kids
Our cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based
paint, which we chewed and licked
And we did not die
When we were kids
We didn’t have childproof lids on medicine bottles, or
special latches on doors or windows
And we did not die
When we were kids
When we rode our bikes, we didn’t need to wear helmets
or protective knee and elbow pads
And we did not die
When we were kids
We would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. We
would even ride in the passenger seat
And we did not die
When we were kids
We drank water from the garden tap and from streams and
not from bottle it tasted the same
And we did not die
When we were kids
We ate bread and dripping spotted dick for pudding and
drank fizzy pop with sugar in it
And we did not die
When we were kids
We would share drinks among our friends from the same
bottle or can without sterilizing it first
And we did not die
When we were kids
We made go-carts out of wood and old pram wheels then we
would race down the steepest hill
And we did not die
When we were kids
Sometimes if we didn’t have a go-cart, we would race
down hills on a tin lid or even a Tea tray
And we did not die
When we were kids
We sometimes fell out with each other and even got into
fights punches were thrown and eyes blacked
But we did not die
When we were kids
We played football, cricket, and street rounders and
sometimes that ball really hurt you
But we did not die
When we were kids
In the summer holidays we would leave home after
breakfast and only go home to have our tea
No one worried or minded
When we were kids
We sometimes we had accidents falling out of trees or
just falling over and we got cut and bruised
And no one got sued
When we were kids
We played with catapults, spud guns and pea shooters and
every autumn we played with conkers
But we did not die
When we were kids
We made up games with sticks and played at being Indians
with spears and bows and arrows
We didn’t poke our eyes out
When we were kids
We didn’t have video games or multi-channel Telly or
Video and DVD’s or personal computers
We had friends instead
When we were kids
Our parents didn’t bail us out if we broke a law they
sided with the police and we were punished
And oh yes, we did not die
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