[Verse 1]
Here's a little girl playin' dress-up
Somewhere under all that lace
Standin' in her mama's high-heeled shoes
With a lipstick-covered face
And here's a little boy on a pony
He's a cowboy all the way
He used to pull my hair and make me mad
At the Saturday matinee
Ah, who'd have thought that I'd lose my heart
To the same little boy someday?

[Chorus]
Lookin' through my old pictures, faded photographs
Some of them bring me close to tears, others make me laugh
Old memories seem to come alive
And open up the past again and let me dream inside

[Verse 2]
Here's brother with his very first automobile
Thought he'd wash the paint away
He took a job that took him west, he's doing very well
We don't see much of brother these days
And this is my favorite of my papa
He's dressed up in his Sunday suit
A wide-brimmed hat, a watch on a chain
Well, I'm gonna tell you the truth
It's a picture of a downright handsome man
Caught in the prime of his youth
[Chorus]
Lookin' through my old pictures, faded photographs
Some of them bring me close to tears, others make me laugh
Old memories seem to come alive
And open up the past again and let me dream inside

[Refrain]
They open up the past again and let me dream inside