MICHAEL JACKSON · CHILDHOOD · RECORDING SESSIONS · VOCAL TAKE #2

MICHAEL JACKSON · CHILDHOOD · RECORDING SESSIONS · VOCAL TAKE #2

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL!!!

CHILDHOOD
(Michael Jackson)

Have you seen my childhood?
I'm searching for the world that I come from
'Cause I've been looking around
In the lost and found of my heart

No one understands me
They view it as such strange eccentricities
'Cause I keep kidding around
Like a child, but pardon me

People say I'm not okay
'Cause I love such elementary things
It's been my fate to compensate
For the childhood
I've never known

Have you seen my childhood?
I'm searching for that wonder in my youth
Like pirates in adventurous dreams
Of conquest and kings on the throne

Before you judge me
Try hard to love me
Look within your heart then ask
Have you seen my childhood?

People say I'm strange that way
'Cause I love such elementary things
It's been my fate to compensate
For the childhood I've never known

Have you seen my childhood?
I'm searching for that wonder in my youth
Like fantastical stories to share
The dreams I would dare, watch me fly

Before you judge me, try hard to love me
The painful youth I've had
Have you seen my childhood

Michael Jackson's studio session for the HIStory album, recording "Childhood" at the Hit Factory Studio in New York in 1994
Full Vocal Take #2 extracted from the 24min Video footage. Complete with Childhood Instrumental Version.