Does anyone have some good suggestions for a song about children growing up? I need one for a slideshow.?

Question

For my wedding, my fiance and I are making a slideshow..first with some photos of us as babies, toddlers, children, etc. Basically showing us growing up, and then some photos of us since we've met. I am just looking for a cute song that says something about what its like being a child and growing up, how precious that time is, etc.. Something easy to listen to so it will flow w/the rate of the photos. Thanks!

Answer 1

I have several suggestions as I'm helping my daughter and her fiancee choose music for their upcoming wedding.The first songs that came to my mind were, "What a Wonderful World," by Louis Armstrong, and "Sunrise Sunset," from "Fiddler on the Roof." Also, a lesser known song, "Turnaround," might be a good choice. And, there's a cute, upbeat song, from the '70's, called "Playground in My Mind," by Clint Holmes, that would be appropriate. And, there's also a song, which was recorded by Mike Douglas, "The Men in My Little Girl's Life," but is more about the girl. Anyway, I hope you find the special song that fits the video, for your special day! Let me know how it goes!

Here are the lyrics to "Turnaround" and "Playground in my Mind":

TURN AROUND
Where are you going, my little one, little one,
Where are you going, my baby, my own?
Turn around and you're two,
turn around and you're four,
Turn around, you're a young girl going out of my door.
Turn around, turn around,
Turn around, you're a young girl going out of my door.

Where are you going, my little one, little one?
Dirndls and petticoats, where have you gone?
Turn around and you're tiny,
turn around and you're grown,
Turn around, you're a young wife
with babes of your own.
Turn around, turn around,
Turn around, you're a young wife
with babes of your own.

Where are you going, my little one, little one,
Where are you going, my darling, my own?
Turn around and you're two,
turn around and you're four,
Turn around, you're a young boy going out of my door.
Turn around, turn around,
Turn around, you're a young boy going out of my door.
(written by Reynolds and Belafonte)
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PLAYGROUND IN MY MIND
recorded by Clint Holmes)

When this old world gets me down
And there's no love to be found
I close my eyes and soon I find
I'm in a playground in my mind
Where the children laugh and the children play
And we sing a song all day.

"My name is Michael, I got a nickel
I got a nickel, shiny and new
I'm gonna buy me all kinds of candy
That's what I'm gonna do"

See the little children
Living in a world that I left behind
Happy little children
In the playround in my mind.

Oh the wonders that I find
In the playground in my mind
In a world that used to be
Close your eyes and follow me
Where the children laugh and the children play
And we sing a song all day.

"My girl is Cindy
When we get married, we're gonna have a baby or two
We're gonna let them visit their grandma
That's what we're gonna do."

"My name is Cindy
When we get married, were gonna have a baby or two
We're gonna let them vist their grandma
That's what we're gonna do."

See the little children
See how they're playing so happy
In the playround in my mind.
La la la la la la la....

Answer 2

You Are My Sunshine- Tom Petty Beautiful- Christine Aguilera Little Child- The Beatles She’s my Baby – Traveling Wilburys

Answer 3

Then They Do by Trace Adkins. It's a lovely song, and it's all about kids growing up. Here's the lyrics ;)

In the early rush of morning
Trying to get the kids to school
One's hanging on my shirttail
Another's locked up
In her room
And I'm yelling up the stairs
Stop worrying 'bout your hair
You look fine

Then they're fightin' in the backseat
I'm playing referee
Now someone's gotta go
The moment that we leave
And everybody's late
I swear that I can't wait
'Till they grow up

(Chorus)
Then they do
And that's how it is
It's just quiet in the morning
Can't believe
How much you miss
All they do
And all they did
You want all the dreams
They dreamed of
To come true
Then they do

Now the youngest is starting college
She'll be leavin' in the Fall
And Brianna's latest boyfriend
Called to ask if we could talk
And I got the impression
That he's about to pop the question any day

I look over at their pictures
Sittin' in their frames
I see them as babies
I guess that'll never change
You pray all their lives
That someday they will find happiness

(Chorus)
Then they do
And that's how it is
It's just quiet in the morning
Can't believe
How much you miss
All they do
And all they did
You want all the dreams
They dreamed of
To come true
Then they do

No more Monday PTA's
No carpools
Or soccer games
Your work is done
Now you've got time
That's all your own
You've been waitin' for so long
For those days to come

(Chorus)
Then they do
And that's how it is
It's just quiet in the morning
Can't believe
How much you miss
All they do
And all they did
You want all the dreams
They dreamed of
To come true
Then they do

Answer 4

My wish rascal flatts! i have it on my slideshow with my lil boys pics and i cry everytime i watch it some of the lyrics are


my wish for you is that this life becomes all that you want it to
your dreams stay big your worries stay small you never need to carry more than you can hold and while your out there getting where your getting to i hope you know somebody loves you and wants the same things too yeah this is my wish

i LOVE song ! you should download it and listen! hope this helps

Answer 5

flyinging without wings by Westlife and Ruben Studdard

It is not about growing up so much but it is about all the different things that make us smile and the different things we love in life and the end is perfect for adult pictures because it talks about waking up beside you each day. I like the way Westlife sings the best.

Everybody's looking for that something
One thing that makes it all complete
You find it in the strangest places
Places you never knew it could be

Some find it in the face of their children
Some find it in their lover's eyes
Who can deny the joy it brings
When you've found that special thing
You're flying without wings

Some find it sharing every morning
Some in their solitary lives
You'll find it in the words of others
A simple line can make you laugh or cry

You'll find it in the deepest friendship
The kind you cherish all your life
And when you know how much that means
You've found that special thing
You're flying without wings

So, impossible as it may seem
You've got to fight for every dream
Cos who's to know which one you let go
Would have made you complete

Well, for me it's waking up beside you
To watch the sunrise on your face
To know that I can say I love you
At any given time or place

It's little things that only I know
Those are the things that make you mine
And it's like flying without wings
Cos you're my special thing
I'm flying without wings

And you're the place my life begins
and you'll be where it ends
I'm flying without wings
And that's the joy you bring
I'm flying without wings

Answer 6

Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
Forever Young - Rod Stewart
Blessed - Elton John
Only Time - Enya
I don't Want to Miss a thing - Aerosmith
In My Life - The Beatles
Time of Your Life - Greenday
Time to Remember - Billy Joel

Answer 7

Whitney Houston- I Believe the Children are our Future

Answer 8

Try the wedding channel.

I loved her first, Heartland

My little girl, Tim Mcgraw

Then they do. Trace Adkins



Good Luck

Answer 9

I used "Then they do," by Trace Atkins I think. "You make me feel so young," by Frank Sinatra is cute too. There is a Christian song by Bebo Norman that i like here are the lyrics:
A page is turned by the wind to a boy in curly grin
With a world to conquer at the age of ten
But as history unfolds and the storybook is told
He finds salvation but not at the hands of man

And the God of second chance
Picked him up and He let him dance
Through a world that is not kind
And all this time, preparing him, the one
To hold him up when he comes undone
Beneath the storm, beneath the sun
And now a man, here you stand
Your day has come

A page is turned in this world to reveal a little girl
With a heart that's bigger, as it is unfurled
By the language in her soul, that's teaching her to grow
With a careful cover of love that will not fail

And the God of second chance
Picked her up and He let her dance
Through a world that isn't kind
And all this time, preparing her the one
To hold her up when she comes undone
Beneath the storm, beneath the sun
And grown up tall, here you are
Your day has come

Beneath the air of autumn, she took him by his hand
And warm within the ardor, she took his heart instead
And high upon the mountain, he asked her for her hand
Just for her hand

A page is turned in this life, he's making her his wife
And there is no secret to the source of this much life
When the grace that falls like rain is washing them again
Just a chance to somehow rise above this land

Where the God of second chance
Will pick them up and he'll let them dance
Through a world that is not kind
And all this time, they're sharing with the one
That holds them up when they come undone
Beneath the storm, beneath the sun
And once again, here you stand
And once again, here you stand
Your day has come

This web site has good suggestions for different wedding songs. http://www.ultimatewedding.com/music/ Hope you find one you like!

Answer 10

Sunrise, sunset.