Baby Boom Baby

James Taylor · Never Die Young [1988]

Some how this season always brings a picture of you

Baby Boom Baby

Holding on for everything you figure your due

Little turtle neck girl

Moon on your shoulder

Wind in your lovely hair

Oh what a night

We sat on the beach

And watched as the sun rose into the summer air



You said we couldn't miss what we never knew

Something about something that you had to do

Sitting on the sand with a hole in my shoe



I had no way of knowing where you might have been

Time goes by

All on my own I imagined you a life in-between

All on my own



I worked on a letter but it never made it out of my head

No

Some how reading your name

It wasn't the same as leaving the thing unsaid



How come I miss what I never knew

And drag out the past just to paint it blue

Spend my days with a dream of you



Oh after a fall

Here im trying to find our name on the wall

It was neither yours nor mine

It was something of the two combined

From a time spent out of time



I work hard to see that you remember my name

Nod your head yes

Do all I can to make you want to see me again

Oh what a night

Got a letter from the mail

Got a message from the telephone



Seems your working in town

Moving around

And living alone



Now I'm caught in the spot light

Walking the wire

My feet are frozen and my hearts on fire

What do I do if my dream comes true