I'm so afraid of mistakes that I've made
Shaking every time that I awake
I feel like a cardboard cut-out man

So build me a time when the characters rhyme
And the storyline is kind

I've aged and aged since the first page
I've lived every line that you wrote
Take me down, take me down from the shelf above your head

And build me a time when the characters rhyme
And the storyline is kind

And if I left from the shelf like the rest
And the epilogue reads like a sad song
Please, pick up your camera and use me again

And build me a time when the characters rhyme
And the storyline is kind