I Had A Girl I Knew, She Grew, Became A Woman Now


I Think That She Teaches At


One Of The Schools Downtown


We Used To Roll The Windows Down And Play The Music Loud


Smoking Out In Her Car


Lost In West Omaha


And We'd Get Drunk And Kiss, Our Bodies Twist Like Shoelaces


And We Never Came Untied


I Guess You Were Just My Type


You Know That Summer Never Stopped, I Still Pretend I'm There


The Band's In The Living Room


The Neighbors, They Never Cared


So When I Sat Behind The Drumset


Your Heartbeat's What I Tried To Play


But With The Kick And Snare So Careless, Not In Time


So You Got Ahead Of Me


And I Guess I'm Still Dragging Behind


I Had A Friend Who Changed His Name But Couldn't Change Himself


Never Quite Figured Out


How To Deal With What Life Had Dealt


He Put A Needle In His Arm To Calm His Handsome Hell


Who Would've Imagined It


Could've Worked Out So Well?


Now He's A Shape That Moves Like Echoes Through My Empty Room


And There's A Voice That Speaks


Like Someone's Right Behind Me


I Turned Around And Found Exactly What You Would Expect


The Clothes I Left On My Floor


The Papers Piled On My Desk


But Where The Ink Is Wet, The Cause, Effects, What's Meant By It?


The Story That Is Incomplete


The Picture's Left Unfinished


So I Am Writing My Own Ending


I Let My Pen Bleed Black Or Blue


And I Will Color In The Meaning


It Will Be Gold And Green And Shrewd


And I'll Learn To Love My New Discovered Proof


I'll Be Grateful For This Day


I Will Be Grateful For Each Day To Come