I thought I knew the girl so well
If she was sad, I couldn't tell
I missed the point, I missed the signs
So if she's gone, the fault is mine
I know, I know
A whole lot of little things
And even though
I could list them one by one
She would still be gone

Her eyes were blue, her hair was long
In '64, she was born in Baton Rouge
Her favorite song was In My Life
I memorized her every move
I knew her books, her car, her clothes
But I paid no attention to what mattered most

I never asked (i never asked)
She never said (she never said)
And when she cried, I turned my head
She dreamed her dreams (she dreamed her dreams)
Behind closed doors (behind closed doors)
That made them easy to ignore
Oh, I know, I know
I missed the forest for the trees
All I have to show
Oh, she walked out the door
Are cold facts and nothing more

Her eyes were blue, her hair was long
In '64, she was born in Baton Rouge
Her favorite song was In My Life
I memorized her every move
I knew her books, her car, her clothes
But I paid no attention to what mattered most
Her eyes were blue, her hair was long
In '64, she was born in Baton Rouge
Her father's tall, her mother's gone
She moved out west when she was two
The way she laughed, the way she loved
Oh my God, what did I do?
What did I do? (Oh, what did I do?)
That girl, she mattered most
(She mattered, she mattered)
Oh, what did I do?