[Verse 1]
Shadow face, a little boy out on the stage
Oh, his daddy sings and plays 'em another song
Shadow face, now his daddy's gone away
And his mother says, "Son, you must carry on"

[Verse 2]
Shadow face, you're much too young to take his place
You'll be walkin' in his shadow for so long, for so long
Shadow face, oh they say you're a disgrace
With your hair and beard and singin' strange new songs

[Verse 3]
Shadow face, son, you and your friends better slow down the pace
Or you're gonna burn yourselves out before long
Who ever told you, what you could and could not do?
Oh you get so tired of bein' told you're wrong

[Bridge]
But some of my friends are gone, better days
Hear your songs on the hit parade
Now they tell you we were behind you all the way

[Verse 4]
Yeah, shadow face, boy don't you let it all go to waste
You've seen so many fall who thought they had it made
Shadow face, you're much happier these days
Does a smile really look so out of place?
[Outro]
Here on shadow face
Right here on shadow face