[Verse 1]
Bare feet tiptoe down the garden path
Morning dew upon your sleeve
Mismatched buttons, laughter in the grass
Another trick you’ve got to leave
Tin can treasures jangling, tucked beneath your coat
Trading secrets with the sparrows, keeping stories afloat

[Chorus]
I saw you hiding your toys
Underneath the willow trees
With that crooked smile, you vanished so quietly
I saw you hiding your toys
Something secret in your play
The world spun backward for a moment, then ran away

[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh, secrets in the shade
Oh-oh, games we never played

[Verse 2]
Your pockets full of battered kings, paper lions guard the gate
Rubber bands and memories, tucked away from fate
I watched your clever fingers fold a story, small and true
Slipping out of grownup eyes, I wanted to follow you

[Pre-Chorus]
If every secret has a shadow
Every corner keeps a clue
I chase the steps you left behind
But the mystery is you

[Chorus]
I saw you hiding your toys
Underneath the willow trees
With that crooked smile, you vanished so quietly
I saw you hiding your toys
Something secret in your play
The world spun backward for a moment, then ran away

[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh, secrets in the shade
Oh-oh, games we never played

[Bridge]
Golden feathers line your window ledge, a pirate’s stash, unknown
You slip through tangles of the hedgerow, kingdoms of your own
A puzzle sketched in wildflowers, a clock of broken tin
Even time can’t catch you, child, the only one who wins

[Chorus]
I saw you hiding your toys
Underneath the willow trees
With that crooked smile, you vanished so quietly
I saw you hiding your toys
Something secret in your play
The world spun backward for a moment, then ran away

[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh, secrets in the shade
Oh-oh, games we never played
Oh-oh, laughter drifts away
Oh-oh, here among the clay
