Pen To Paper

Pen to paper (Yeah) There I was A precocious little 12 Year old boy With his first crush I wrote poems About you and me I would write at least A letter every day Although you never see me Beaming when you'd say hi And while all my friends Were riding bikes Doing power slides Teasing old man Sykes I was putting Pen to paper (Yeah) Oh yeah I was putting Pen to paper (Yeah, yeah) I was putting pen to paper, ooh I was putting Pen to paper (Yeah, yeah) There I was A nervous eighteen Year old kid With the same crush I still wrote about You and me The Valentines I wrote I was too scared To let you read yeah I was happy when You'd just say hi And while my friends Were driving cars Getting drunk in bars And moving out of town I was putting Pen to paper (By my window come rain or shine) I was putting Pen to paper (All the seasons will pass me by) Ooh, I was putting Pen to paper (Yeah, yeah) Imagine my surprise To find that you felt The same way all this time Imagine my surprise To find that you've Written a book of Poems of rhymes about us Pen to paper (By my window come rain or shine) I was putting Pen to paper (All the seasons will pass me by) Yeah, yeah, I was putting Pen to paper And here we are Together in our family dream Where the grass is green (I was putting pen to paper) And the sprinklers on In the summer sun And our kids Are drawing numbers On the drive So they can Play hopscotch Imagine my surprise (Yeah) To find that you felt The same way (I was putting pen to paper) All this time Imagine my surprise To find that you've (Yeah, yeah) Written a book I wrote poems About you And me, Ooh (I was putting pen to paper) And while my friends Were driving cars Getting drunk in bars And moving out of town I was putting Pen to paper (By my window come rain or shine) I was putting Pen to paper (All the seasons will pass me by) Yeah, yeah I was putting Pen to paper (By my window come rain or shine) I was putting Pen to paper (All the seasons will pass me by) I was putting Pen to paper