The Girl I Once Had

Don't you forget the lady
That came out from the past
So back came the memory
Of the things you thought would last

I thought she was gone
I'll never forget it
What we had done
When we played
A little swing
Kept us together

And a long time ago
When she was all mine
I never knew her
Not at all

A journey away the last I saw
Of the lady that once was a girl
That played in my garden
She left in a sudden
The girl I once had

I'm wonderin' if maybe
I mean very much to her
And if she remembers
The times we had before

Now I've got my chance
And I'm gonna take it
No song and no dance is gonna stop me
She'll have me back
So we're together

And a long time ago
When she was all mine
I never knew her
Not at all

A journey away the last I saw
Of the lady that once was a girl
That played in my garden
She left in a sudden
The girl I once had

Don't you forget the lady
That came out from the past
So back came the memory