What Mattered Most

Date: 1-20-01 1:22pm From: [email protected] Subject: "What Mattered Most" by Gary Burr What Mattered Most Performed by Gary Burr Written by Gary Burr and Vince Melamed From the Gary Burr CD "Stop Me If You've Heard This One" (I saw Gary Burr do this at the Bluebird, in Nashville. He sings it much slower and with more of a "bluesy" feel than the hit version. After the performance, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.) I thought I knew, the girl so well If she was sad, I couldn't tell I missed the point, I missed the signs So if she's gone, the fault is mine I know, I know, a whole lot of little things And even though, I could list them one by one She would still be gone Chorus Her eyes are blue her hair is long In '64 she was born in Baton Rouge Her favorite song is "In My Life" I memorized her every move I knew her books, her car, her clothes But I paid, no attention to what mattered most Verse 2 I never asked, she never said And when she cried I turned my head She dreamed her dreams, behind closed doors That made them easy to ignore I know, I know, I missed the forest for the trees Now all I have to show When she walked out the door Are cold facts and nothin' more Chorus Last Chorus: Her eyes are blue, her hair is long, In '64 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?