Danielle

I remember seeing you for the first time

In grade one

You had your hair in pigtails

Mine was cut with a basin

It was Saint Patrick's on the hill

Our parents did enlist

When you first spoke to me

I nearly choked on my jam sandwich

You were the dux and I was the dunce

I thought all my little-lunches

Had come at once

Danielle, Danielle

Our conversations were dictated by the bell

Danielle

We did the progressive barn dance

At the primary school ball

Armed with two clammy hands and a pair of left feet

I circled the science hall

The chance for me to ask you to be

My friend would soon be gone

By the time I plucked up my courage

I heard a voice say "Pass your partners on"

I'm now inclined to say

That like my asthma, you took my breath away

Danielle, Danielle

My palms were as sweaty as hell

Danielle

But I guess in those days

You had to be careful of getting girl germs

If a girl tried to hold my hand I'd probably panic

And give her a Chinese burn

And so the years rolled by and didn't seem to stop

Our milk containers were exchanged for bottles of Passion Pop

Our friends would help us drink them down the park in the trees

Our nights at the Railway Hotel are still so clear in my memory

Memory, memory

And I remember your birthday, 21 years

I didn't turn up just because I heard your dad

Was putting on free beer

We gathered there your friends and me to sing

To sing

Danielle, Danielle

We wish you well

Danielle

21 years, 21 years