I Used To Know a Girl

(1/02/2008)

“ As I sat in my living room in the dark with a bottle of Jameson, I tried to recapture the most prevalent memories of my prior relationship...those intimate moments between two people lost in the wreckage. Each verse paints a very specific picture of who this girl was to me.”

I used to know a girl who loved to stay in bed all day
Especially when it rained, and she’d touch my skin
And I’d kiss her face
But where has she gone, gone away to now
I used to know a girl who cried when she heard sad love songs
And she knew all the words to every one I had wrote for her
Well this is another for you to learn
CHORUS:
I wonder if she can still picture my face
Or am I a memory scorned and erased
Will she remember the moments we shared
And will she care anymore

I used to know a girl who wanted to be by my side
Even when the odds were stacked up against us she’d be there
I can’t seem to find her anywhere
I used to know a girl who spoke in her sleep while I lay awake
And nothing in the world makes better sense now that she’s gone
Now I understand every word she said
CHORUS
Would you recognize me if I showed up at your door
Could we find the words to say anymore
I used to know a girl who missed me when I was gone away…