I thought I knew the girl so well
If she was sad I could not tell
I missed the point and I missed the signs
If she's gone the fault is mine
And I know, I know
A whole lot of little things
And even though
I know
I could list them one by one
Oh, she would still be gone
Her eyes were blue
Her hair was long
At sixty-four
She was born in Baton Rouge
Her favorite song was in my life
I memorized her every move
I knew her books were color-closed
But I paid no attention
To what mattered most
I never asked
And she never said
And when she cried I turned my head
She dreamed her dreams
Behind closed doors
That made them easy to ignore
And I know, I know
I miss the forest for the trees
And all I have to show
You know when she walked out the door
Of Colfax and nothing more
You know when she walked out the door

And I knew her eyes were blue
Her hair was long
At sixty-four
She was born in Baton Rouge
Her favorite song was in my life
I memorized her every move
I knew her books were color-closed
But I paid no attention
To what mattered most
I never asked her to leave me alone
I never asked her to leave me alone

Her eyes were blue
Her hair was long
At sixty-four
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?
Her eyes are blue
Her hair is long