Hair of Spun Gold - Janis Ian

When I was just the age of five

My world had just come live

Wonderous things to see and be done

All that I could think of was fun

With hair of spun gold

Lips of ruby red

And eyes as deep as the deepest sea

When I was just the age of ten

My life had been changed again

I threw away all my childish toys

And worked on getting noticed by boys

And when I was just thirteen years of age

Going steady was all the rage

My mother picked out the cutest boy

My little leather-jacketed toy

And hair of spun gold

Turned to black as night

And the ruby red lips

Turned to pale pink

When I was fifteen years of age

He had my hand in marriage

And when fifteen years of age

In my arms I held my babe

And now I’m twenty-one

And I feel my life’s over and done

And I’m looking down on my little child

Wondering, wondering if she’ll be so wild

She’s got hair of spun gold

Lips of ruby red

And eyes as deep as the deepest sea

When I’m looking down on my little child

I swear she’ll have the time

There’ll be time to love

There’ll be time to learn

But childish memories she won’t burn

We’ll find time to laugh

We’ll find time to play

She won’t have to throw her toys away

I swear to you we’ll wait for time

To take its time