Image Upon Image Lyrics

Little boy in his Sunday clothes

Best shoes with the scuffed up toes

It's a pocket full of fingers and bubble gum

Well, he knows he's on his way

Pretty soon he'll have his day

To become what every little boy becomes

Time will build a man of him

Laying image upon image

Till the childish song cannot be sung

O sing to me a lullaby, I find it hard to bear

The memories, we were so young, we were so young

Little girl in her Sunday best

Saddle shoes and a lacy dress

It's a tomboy in a beautiful disguise

She's also on her way

She'll have her part to play

With a line to learn and a role to memorize

Time will build a woman here

Laying image upon image

Till the childish song cannot be sung

O sing to me a lullaby, I find it hard to bear

The memories, we were so young, we were so young

Little boy inside of me

Wants to know when he'll be free

To shed this heavy armor of pretense

Little girl inside of you

I can see her peeking through

Her eyes alive with naked innocence

But time has built a prison here

Laying image upon image

Till the childish song cannot be sung

O sing to me a lullaby, I find it hard to bear

The memories, we were so young, we were so young