I used to sleep at the foot of old glory And awake in the dawn's early light But much to my surprise when I opened my eyes I was a victim of the great compromise I knew a girl who was almost a lady She had a way with all the men in her life Every inch of

Hey I think you need an attitude adjustment Knock-down drag out Do the wings of your butterfly Lightenin' thunder With or without This girl that I knew She loved me and blew me away We made love no doubt But she never went out of her way I keep

Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done Dark lady played back magic till the clock struck on the twelve She told me more about me than I knew myself The fortune queen of New Orleans,

Here's a song I sing for you About a girl that I once knew She lived in a great big house With golden gates where servants bowed Unashamed I'd sit outside and wait for hours Hoping that she'd climb down from her ivory towers This beautiful girl as pretty

We just try to ignore the elephant somehow She said, "Andy, you're better than your past" Winked at me and drained her glass Cross-legged on a barstool, like nobody sits anymore She said, "Andy, you're taking me home" But I knew she planned to sleep

And the sound of distant thunder. The tall weeds lay flat down On the hard flat Kansas ground. And a sad song in her head, Kept blowin' round. She barely even knew his name,

She saw my comb over, her hourglass body She has problems with drinking milk And being school tardy She'll loan you her toothbrush She'll bar tend your party Salty leave, salty leave Tell me the one about the friend you knew And the last good night that

And the sound of distant thunder. The tall weeds lay flat down On the hard flat Kansas ground. And a sad song in her head, Kept blowin' round. She barely even knew his name,

Sweet and lovely sweeter than the roses in May Sweet and lovely heaven must have sent her my way Skies above me never were as blue as her eyes And she loves me, who would want a sweeter surprise When she nestles in my arms so tenderly There's a thrill

Oh, the mystery Of what we wished we knew There's so much more that I could have That I could give We disappear from our thoughts and sounds Our features, abrasive So many things we overlook Is there something that we don't know? That over time