From the recording Eyes Full Of Innocence

<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">The blissful look on some baby&rsquo;s face got me thinking about all that he or she could not possibly anticipate in life &ndash; good and bad.&nbsp; Whoever that baby was is almost out of college by now and will have owned a leather baseball glove, spotted a first true love, and experienced even more of what the song predicts.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">This was one of my earliest songs.&nbsp; It became the title track on <em>Now &amp; Then</em>&rsquo;s 1997 album and inspired that album&rsquo;s cover of four baby photos. &nbsp;(Click the <em>Albums</em> navigation button.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Jim Robeson at Bias patiently transferred the original tracks from their ADAT tape format in August 2013 and remixed them to create a better-balanced and even more sparkling sound than the original had.</span><br /><br /></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;"><strong>&copy; 1995 Steven E. Cutts</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;"><strong>recorded in 1997</strong> at Horizon Music Group&nbsp; (recorded and mixed by Roger Arnold)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;<strong>remixed in 2013</strong> by Jim Robeson</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">on <em>Eyes Full Of Innocence<br /><br /></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;"><em>Now &amp; Then</em> :</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Steve, <em>acoustic guitar, lead vocal</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Robert Bartley, <em>acoustic guitar, vocal harmony</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Richard Hicks, <em>organ, vocal harmony</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Dan Zibello, <em>acoustic bass</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;"><em>plus</em> Roger Arnold, <em>congas</em></span></li>
</ul>

Lyrics

<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Those eyes full of innocence looking out across all these years:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They sparkle with happiness; they fill with hungry tears.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">But they can't imagine what's ahead;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; it's just as well that they have no sense</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Of the joy and sadness to come, those eyes full of innocence.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They've never seen that first spring day.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They've never seen a doe and fawn.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They've never seen a spider's web&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Be-jeweled by the dew of dawn.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They've never seen an eagle soar.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They've never watched a whale at sea.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They've never seen a lightning bug.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They've never seen the autumn leaves.</span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Neither have they seen a mother's grief&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">For a son who was killed in war.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They've never seen a river bring&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Angry flood waters to the door.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Never seen a sad and lonely soul&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Begging out in the street.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Too many scenes of pain in this world</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Will re-peat and re-peat.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They've never seen a plant shut down&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Or seen unemployment lines.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They've never seen a love grow cold&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Or had to watch a loved one die.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">But then they've never seen two long-lost friends</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Hug hello when they meet again.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They've never seen the wronged set free;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">You know there'll be a lot to see.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Think how much has happened since we</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; looked out from those eyes!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">How can we think that we can guess</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; where our future lies?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They have yet to see a brand new doll &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">And a leather baseball glove.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They'll get to learn new words to read;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They'll get to spot their first true love.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">They'll get to see the prom dance queen &ndash;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Get to see the graduation scene --</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">See the world -- finally settle down &ndash;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Have a baby -- it will all come 'round!</span></span></p>