Like Children I Have Known Song Lyrics and Chords by Ronnie Milsap
Like Children I Have Known
Recorded by Ronnie Milsap
Written by Don Pfrimmer and John Daddario
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They're dividing up their playthings
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yours this is
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mine
They're dividing
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up the bed
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room
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With an
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imaginary
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line
One is
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running back to mother
One just
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wants to be
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alone
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cry and pout and
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walk
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children I have
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known
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Just like children I have
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known
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They're not wiser they're just
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grown
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It's not a chocolate ice cream
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cone
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It's not a doll house it's a
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home
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known
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Almost down to sticks and
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stones
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They'll be lost out on their
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own
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Just like children I have
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known
And they're gonna cry their eyes out
Once they
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find out what they've
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done
Cause their hearts aren't
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made of
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candy
That they
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eat what the other
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wants
It could
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be a happy ending
They don't
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have to live
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alone
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kiss and hug and
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make
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children I have
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known
Repeat #3,4
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They'll be lost out on their
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own
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Just like children I have
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known
FAQ
Who sang the the song Like Children I Have Known?
- The song Like Children I Have Known was sang by Ronnie Milsap.
Who is Ronnie Milsap?
- Ronnie Lee Milsap (born January 16, 1943) is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country music's most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. He became one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop music markets with hit songs that incorporated pop, R&B, and rock and roll elements. His biggest crossover hits include "It Was Almost Like a Song", "Smoky Mountain Rain", "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me", "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World", "Any Day Now", and "Stranger in My House". He is credited with six Grammy Awards and 35 number-one country hits, third to George Strait and Conway Twitty. He was selected for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.
