That Girl Could Sing

She was a friend to me when I needed one

Wasn't for her, I don't know what I'd done

She gave me back something that was missin' in me

She could have turned out to be almost anyone

Almost anyone with the possible exception

Of who I wanted her to be

Runnin' into the midnight with her clothes flippin' in the wind

Reachin' into the heart of the darkness for the tenderness within

Stumblin' into the lights of the city and then back in the shadows again

Hangin' onto the laughter that each of us hid our unhappiness in

Talk abut celestial bodies and your angels on the wing

She wasn't much good at stickin' around, but that girl could sing

She could sing

In the dead of night, she could shine a light

On some places that you've never been

In that kind of light, you could lose your sight

And believe there was something to win

You could hold her tight with all your might

But she'd slip through your arms like the wind

And be back in flight, back into the night

Where you might never see her again

The longer I thought I might find her, the shorter my vision became

Runnin' in circles behind her and thinking in terms of the blame

But she couldn't have been any kinder if she'd come back and tried to explain

She wasn't much good at sayin' goodbye, but that girl could sing