Little Boy Blue
David Lyrics

I imagine I can see you
I have a clear memory of you in my mind

But I can’t see you at all
But I cannot see you in person

I am in my bedroom
I am in my personal space

And you are in the hall
You are somewhere out of my reach

I can see you in my mind’s eye
I am picturing you in my imagination

But tonight I find no joy
But it is not bringing me any happiness

Because I’m seeing you as you were long ago
Because I am remembering you as a child

Little boy
I remember you as a young child

I guess it’s unavoidable
I suppose it is inevitable

The dark place where we go
The sad place we visit in our thoughts

And what we hope to find there
And what we are searching for there

I swear I just don’t know
I do not know what we hope to find

These days I go there often
Lately, I have been thinking about it frequently

And sometimes I stay so long
And sometimes I spend a lot of time in that sad place

I guess I’m trying to figure out the how’s and why’s of what went wrong
I am trying to understand what went wrong and why

Was it something that I said?
Did my words cause any harm?

Something that I didn’t do for you?
Did I fail to do something for you?

Was it something that you thought I should have known?
Did I miss something you assumed I would understand?

I wish that I could see
I wish I could change things

Even though it’s very clear to me
Even though I fully understand

How wonderful you are and how you’ve grown
How amazing you are and how much you have grown up

But this is something that I can’t fix with a toy
But this is something I cannot fix with a simple solution

Won’t you tell me what’s the matter
Can you tell me what is bothering you?

Little boy?
My dear child

When you were very small
When you were a young toddler

I could hoist you on my shoulders
I used to put you on my shoulders easily

Like it was nothing at all
As if you weighed nothing

And though we never had much money
Even though we were not wealthy

I know that we had so much fun
I remember that we had a lot of good times together

Do you remember those days
Do you recall those fond memories?

Little one?
My dear child

Now I can see you with your own son
Now I see you with your own child

He’s perfect as can be
He is a flawless child

And he looks to you like I remember you looked up to me
And he admires you as you used to admire me

And I hope you know you’ll make mistakes
And I want you to know that you will make mistakes

Just like I did with you
Just like I made mistakes with you

It’s something that no father can avoid
It is an inevitable part of being a father

And I pray you’ll know forgiveness and peace
And I hope that you find forgiveness and peace

Little boy
My dear child

I guess I’ll try to sleep now
I suppose I will attempt to go to sleep now

And you’ll stay down the hall
And you will remain far away from me

Maybe all these things I’m feeling
Perhaps all of these emotions I am experiencing

Don’t matter much at all
Do not have much of an impact

But if I could travel back in time
But if I had the power to go back in the past

I’d change things if I could
I would fix everything

All the pain that’s there inside you I’d destroy
I would get rid of all the pain you are feeling inside

Maybe then I’d see you smile at me again
Perhaps then I would see you happy and smiling at me once more

Little boy
My dear child