A song about a boy with a poor memory and a girl with unusual eyes.
lyrics
You came in looking for something to buy
I don't remember what but I remember your eyes
one was dull green, the other pale gray
they were enough to get me through the day
and the next day and the next day
and the next day too
We only sold simple things, but
candy rings, soap and string were enough
to keep you coming back almost every day to get some more
and keep me transfixed on the bell above the door
when you came in my heart was in my throat
somehow also in my toes
I don't remember anything I said
but I know I meant every word
It took me a month to ask your name
See I was afraid it wasn't gonna be the same
but it was and I was so happy I could die
and I thought "this is why, this is why I'm alive"
"You must be why I am alive"
You told me you were new in town
rolled in from 2 miles east to help your mother around
you hit my arm when I asked what I could do
you asked if I could fix a couple things for you
I drove you home in my dad's brand new Ford,
a Model T that he adored
you gave me your handkerchief when my head got hot,
and I've kept it to this day.
It felt like minutes from then 'til I had to go
It felt like centuries on that boat
I never had a chance to come back
that was hell
But one green and one gray
I'd know those eyes anywhere
you came from across the ocean
like my last, greatest answered prayer
I gave your handkerchief back to you
and I started to break down too
I've asked you so much in my life
but now will you stay with me?
And then you said yes,
and then you said yes.
And I was so happy I could die when I heard that yes
It's been too long, my whole lifetime's past
since I was new to those eyes
credits
from 20 EP,
released February 3, 2015
Thanks to Becca for helping me write this song.
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