[Verse 1]
You were a little girl then
Freckled face, straight dark hair, imaginary friends
And I was over looking out for you
Swearing up and down that I knew more than you

[Chorus]
We wrote our names in the wet cement
When they poured that new sidewalk in
You were only four, I was seven
And you looked up to me, didn't you

[Verse 2]
Now life has taken us every way
I'd have never claimed we would ever see
And I'm calling on children's memories
Time so sweet, so hard to see

[Chorus]
We wrote our names in the wet cement
When they poured that new sidewalk in
You were only four, I was seven
And you looked up to me, didn't you

[Verse 3]
Now I'm sitting in your room and you're nowhere near
In Pennsylvania, dear, to be very clear
And I feared I would never have words to say
For the love I have for you, Carol Jane
[Chorus 2]
We wrote our names in the wet cement
When they poured that new sidewalk in
You were only four, I was seven
And you looked up to me then

I look up to you now
You make me proud
You make me proud

[Outro]
You were a little girl then
Freckled face, straight dark hair, imaginary friends