The road was a page, you there in the margin
And you danced into the distance to the pulse of the second hand
I'd never seen anything quite like those shoulders before
And I clutched that bear like it was stuck to my hand

And I was scared of your brother but then I've got one too, three in fact
And the cat had secrets of ours to share, but where did she get to?
When we hung our shirts on the zebra tree
Just you and me in my favorite scene

Jennifer, under a wooden roof
Two stark naked bursts of wait-and-see
We were the picture of youth

They tried to laugh at us but we didn't know what fear was
Caused an unruly scene tearing over fence after fence
And the green grew taller than us each and every year
Every yard an adventure as I held you near

Jennifer, under a wooden roof
Two stark naked bursts of wait-and-see
We were the picture of youth
Innocent and fast as the Grand National
Iridescent colour wheel
You made me feel like we were the picture of youth
We were the picture of youth...

Far from disaster I frame your face in the sun
And compared to then we know just about everything and almost everyone
You've a hint of some laughter lines like scares on that tree, but harder to see
So how've you been?
How've you been?

Jennifer, under a wooden roof
Two stark naked bursts of wait-and-see
We were the picture of youth
Innocent and fast as the Grand National
Iridescent colour wheel
You made me feel like we were the picture of youth
We were the picture of youth...