So many ways to count your age First by days then turn the page and you are grown And on your own Your name is written on a stone So innocent Slow your descent You don't need to know it all So innocent Slow your ascent You don't need to grow so tall Your life is written on my wall So many ways to catch your gaze Attach my praise and then amaze you with a game About your name Spell it backwards it's the same So innocent Slow your descent You don't need to know it all So innocent Slow your ascent You don't need to grow so tall Your life is written on my wall Will I be the first to see the colour of your eyes? Will it be the part of me I love but once despised? Your father's eyes Your mother's sighs No disguises there Your mother's hair In your hand No surprises there So innocent Slow your descent You don't need to know it all So innocent Slow your ascent You don't need to grow so tall Your life is written on my wall I've kept a record since you were small