Rebecca

Rebecca moves across the world

She's a sirocco on the sand

She is the nile that flows for ever

Cutting the wound across the land

She'll be your friend before you know her

She'll have your trust before its earned

But like any nomad she will wonder

Breaking the hearts of all concerned

History clouds what I remember

The one I wanted her to be

Mystery shrouds her like an island

But it's an island in a lonely sea

Oh, Rebecca

Oh, Rebecca

I was thirteen going on forty

Wasting my summer on the beach

Burned on the outside, raw in the middle

That's molly just too hard to reach

Rebecca moved in, she moved me

She was the best friend I'd ever had

And then one day she went away

Didn't think I'd ever feel that bad

Where did you go?

Why did you lie?

Why did you leave without saying goodbye?

How about the promise

That you made me?

Was it really so easy to trade me

For another town

Another friend

Another beginning without any end

So many times I would've called you

If I had your number in my hand

You were the one I would have turned to

When things didn't go the way I'd planed

I never got a chance to tell you

Things didn't go the way I'd planned

History clouds what I remember

The one I wanted her to be

Mystery shrouds her like an island

Dose she still remember me?

My life is a turnstile

So many strangers passing through

There've been more than I can number

But I still remember you

Oh, Rebecca

Oh, Rebecca