I can’t stop thinking about this girl I once knew
Her face had freckles and her hair was blue
I didn’t know it at first, but she became my life
Our love was strong, relentless, not another alike

The day we met, a greeting unheard
She stole my heart, not speaking a word
I took my chance, not fearing the chase
She caught my soul in her caring embrace

She agreed to be mine, but with a catch
If her feelings and actions, I’d promise to match
Without a thought, of course I approved
This ever-tall mountain I had managed to move

We Loved like fire burning so bright
I stole her away for only a night
In my old Jeep we lay in the cold
Wishing inside “If only we were old…”

That night in the Jeep shivering with chills
Young Love so raw, no pageantry, nor frills
I knew that moment she was the one
A short life of searching, already done

The year of our meeting, past and went
Hardly a second away, I had ever spent
She began to mature, as kids tend to do
Alas she began to see me as no one new

It was a cold day, both dark and light
When I discovered my dreadful plight
He was a friend, at least I thought
I’d never experienced, these emotions so hot

I lost my wit and all my calm
I took my Love, her hand in palm
I looked her dead, right in her eye
What had I done, how could we die

She saw in my eyes a Love sincere
She told that boy to not come near
“Never again.” Holding her as close as I could
My heart was breaking, for I knew it would

This same story played out many times
Different songs with all the same lines
I was next to betray the trust
Forgiving me, as she felt she must

Once again it appeared so innate
It seems our Love was plagued by fate
Her age an excuse for my deeds
I left my Love, no logic I’d heed

An improvement in my book, this woman my age
I’d unknowingly ripped out, my Loves last page
She did not deserve, this treatment so cruel
I had gone back on my promise, broken her only rule

My Love moved on, found someone to hold
Then I realized, thinking back to the Jeep in the cold
This heart was wrong in its search for perfection
Love is not flawless, not confined to direction

I made this mistake, I promised to repair
But with every right, she believed with despair
Time after time I begged for her hand
She’d give me hope, then a reprimand

I tried some more, my heart on a wire
She agreed many times, yet went back with fire
I swore I’d never stop, chasing my Love
She let me in, then out with a shove

My heart, it was so battered and bruised
I kept trying, though I was hurt and abused
How long must I pay for this mistake I had made
How many times will you Love with a hopeful tirade

Once more into the butcher I’d send my heart
The last time I’d try to keep our Love from falling apart
You seemed so sure, we’d be fine at this place
Yet for the last time, I’d indulge in this chase

I’d fallen for this so many a time
Why do I believe you’ll react in kind
This last transition in our lives
From my back I’ll pull your knives

Not a day goes by I don’t call your name
That Love I showed now covered in shame
I pray in some life, some day ahead
Far after we’ve gone, our bodies dead

Someone may know my Love for you
Was all but something you could undo
That in my grave, so deep, so cold, so vacant of Life
I still hope with all my soul, my heart, you’d be my wife

To carry with me, through the abyss
To shut out all fear with a simple kiss
I’d brave the darkness with no concern
If only my Love you’d decided to return

So with this last composition, dedicated to thee
I condemn my heart to loneliness, such that none will see
I swear on my life, my soul, this promise I’ll make
Through hell or through heaven, no being will take

My deepest Love for this girl I once knew
Whose face had freckles and her hair was blue