Legendary child I tell ya what I'm talkin' about Makin' love at 17, yeah, we had the luck But we traded 'em toys and other joys, and we didn't give a (whoa oh oh) I took a chance at the high school dance, never knowing wrong from right And that same show, forty years ago, being televised tonight 'Cause journey from inside my head to the Taj Mahal I went from never havin' none to wanna-have-it-all I wanna keep that dream alive And eat that honey from the hive With all the noise and all the glamour No surprise you know I am a Legendary child I think that what I'm tryin' to say is Sticks and stones will break your bones, at least they'll rearrange I drop a dime and every time I get myself a nickel's change (whoa oh oh) They say we don't know jack At the plant, we proved 'em wrong We traded in our souls tonight and sold 'em for a song And if Satan had a lady friend, her name was Mary Jane I never wondered why she tried to drive us quite insane And how we got the golden fleece From tokin' on that pipe of peace Yeah, as far as I can see There is a God 'cause I got me a Legendary child Legendary child Legendary child Legendary child Legend Legendary child Legendary