Intro: I knew a girl now she was long and tall Slept in the kitchen with her feet out in the hall She never did too much talking, always thought that was my fault Looking back that must have been something crazy I was taught Well I ain’t spoken to her here in quite some time And the years just pass on by like that scenery outside But I can’t buy back them things I left behind I knew a man now who taught me a few songs In the porch light he would sing and then he would nod off I still sing them songs now that I was taught And it creeps just like some criminal now back into my thoughts He used to write me letters now when he was feeling clean Til he slipped into a darkness never to be retrieved Well now I can’t buy back them things I left behind No now I can’t buy back them things I left behind I always have been the quick at leaving kind Never was the sort now to be left behind I could pack up everything that I thought was mine And be gone before the ink upon that letter head dried Seen my pockets full of holes I seen my pockets full of gold I got some beautiful possessions living in pawn shop windows But oh I can’t buy back them things I left behind No now I can’t buy back them things I left behind
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