Lyrics:

You'll notice yourself smiling with delight over things you once paid no attention to

Streetlights on the river [x12]
Smoke rising from a chimney [x6]
Red roofs in the trees [x6]
My dog's eyes [x8]

Water being cut at the bow of a boat [x4]
Looking into deep clear water [x4]
Velvet
Red velvet [x4]
The moon in the clouds [x8]

These were children who hadn't yet lost their sense of wonder [x4]

They hadn't become unseeing and unfeeling [x4]

A fast train rushing [x8]
A fast train (A fast train) rushing [x8]

If children were asked the same question today [x2]
Their answers would reflect a more mechanized world [x4]

But I'm sure they'd still have that sense of wonder [x2]