Before the Fall

Where did the time go? I swear

It was last week at most last year

The face that I see in the mirror

Really can't be me

This town can talk and just because

But stupid is as stupid does

You have but one or two great loves

Why would I regret it?

I was the girl you almost married

When hopes were high and eyes were starry

You laid me down in the tallest grass

When the sun was going down

In the shadow of the thunderstorm

Hair tangled in your sunburned arms

You crazy for my wildest charms

That summer before the fall

So willingly lead astray

The world spun slower than today

Most women know but they'll never say

I was the girl you almost married

When hopes were high and eyes were starry

You laid me down in the tallest grass

When the sun was going down

In the shadow of the thunderstorm

Hair tangled in your sunburned arms

You crazy for my wildest charms

That summer before the fall

On steamy nights in mid July

Through dusty windows and stormy skies

I lean on the counter and I close my eyes

Who knows how far a good deed flies

Or the speed of light to reach our eyes

Or when we shouldn't question why

I was the girl you almost married

When hopes were high and eyes were starry

You lay me down in the tallest grass

When the sun was going down

In the shadow of the thunderstorm

Hair tangled in your sunburned arms

You crazy for my wildest charms

That summer before the fall