Released: May 31, 1995
Songwriter: Michael Jackson
Producer: David Foster Michael Jackson
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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?
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Outro]
Have you seen my Childhood
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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?
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Outro]
Have you seen my Childhood
HIStory: Past, Present And Future - Book I
- Billie Jean
- Earth Song
- Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
- The Way You Make Me Feel
- I Just Can’t Stop Loving You
- Rock with You
- You Are Not Alone
- Remember the Time
- Heal the World
- Childhood
- Tabloid Junkie
- HIStory
- Little Susie / Pie Jesu
- Smile
- Scream
- Black or White
- Man in the Mirror
- Bad
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
- Stranger in Moscow
- Thriller
- They Don’t Care About Us
- 2 Bad
- Money
- This Time Around
- The Girl Is Mine
- Beat It
- D.S.
- She’s Out of My Life
- Come Together
- Scream/Childhood - Single (1995)
- HIStory: Past, Present And Future - Book I (1995)
- Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1995)
- The Ultimate Collection (2004)
- King Of Pop (The Belgian Edition) (2008)
- King Of Pop (Korean Limited Edition) (2008)
- King of Pop - The French Fans Selection (Deluxe Box Set) (2008)
- The Indispensable Collection (2013)
- HIStory Continues (2018)
- Billie Jean
- Smooth Criminal
- They Don’t Care About Us
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
- Man in the Mirror
- Thriller
- Human Nature
- Beat It
- Dirty Diana
- Heal the World
- Bad
- Black or White
- Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
- Earth Song
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- Rock with You
- The Way You Make Me Feel
- You Are Not Alone
- Remember the Time
- You Rock My World
- Will You Be There
- Scream
- Off the Wall
- The Girl Is Mine