Childish Things Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Susan_The_BassPlaye 

Cover art for Childish Things lyrics by James McMurtry

This song is really sad when you think about it. It's about a man who has reached middle age and has lost his ideals. You have to follow the whole sequence "I'll put away childish things/I've put away childish things." "Heaven" represents these ideals--the good things in life. But he still believes in ghosts. "Ghosts" can mean whatever traumatizes him, whatever skeletons are in his closet.