He sings to the birds in the trees Arousing them with his melodies He runs down to the waterline Soaking in the sun's first light He scrambles up hills and hides in caves To shelter from the falling rains The sun comes out and he lifts his hands Singing his song throughout the lands Darkness stay away I'm a child of day He wraps himself in his only clothes As he dances through the winter snows Rivers of youth run through his veins Exploring all the uncharted plains He's free in spirit, free in soul Mind and heart do not grow old Born with nothing yet everything's his Born of the wild, still learning to live Darkness stay away I'm a child of day