Sweet Girl

Sweet girl, I never knew ya

Thirteen in a speeding car

Guess you won't be home before dark

Sweet girl, I never knew ya

Fifteen when the boys would come

Before they know to keep you home

Sweet girl, I never knew ya

Nineteen and those times were fun

Keeping me from the damage done

Ooh, ooh, ooh, hmm, mmm, hmm

Sweet girl, I never knew ya

Twenty-one didn't seem so bad

I let her go didn't think to ask

Sweet girl, I never knew ya

Twenty-five through a mist-stained glass

Give my advice but the time had past

Sweet girl, what happened to ya?

Twenty-eight I'm not the greatest man

But I knew better than to raise my hand

Ooh, ooh, ooh, hmm, mmm, hmm

Ooh, ooh, ooh, hmm, mmm, hmm

Sweet girl, I wish I knew ya

Thirty years did my daughter wrong

Guess it's true what they say

You never love what you've got till it's gone