Lyrics: Rod McKuen
Music: Rod McKuen
Like the shadows of the morning
Climb up to the August afternoon
Charlie has a way
Of picking up the day
Just by walking slowly in a room
Maybe it’s a kind of magic
Only little boys can do
But seeing Charlie smile
Can make you stop awhile
And get you feelin' glad you’re you
He’s only a boy named Charlie
A boy named Charlie Brown
He’s just the kid next door
Perhaps a little more
He’s every kid in every town
The world is full of lots of people
Here and there and all around
But people after all
Start out as being small
We’re all a boy named Charlie Brown
Now the shadows of the morning
Have gone past the August afternoon
And Charlie's had his day
His very special day
His morning and his evening and his noon
A boy named Charlie Brown