{"id":245,"date":"2006-07-27T01:39:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-27T01:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=245"},"modified":"2015-10-31T11:26:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T18:26:00","slug":"the-first-time-i-saw-her-i-knew-it-was-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2006\/07\/27\/the-first-time-i-saw-her-i-knew-it-was-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"The first time I saw her, I knew it was too late…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Baby<\/p>\n

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\nL<\/span>oyalty…<\/p>\n

I wanted to write about the wary, sadder-but-wiser loyalty of a prisoner for his favorite guard… or a guy for his ex-girlfriend. You know, the one he thinks wrecked his life.<\/p>\n

I wanted to suggest the weary resignation as he stands one more time to defend her, even though he knows she’d sell him out in a second. Knows it because she’s done it a hundred times.<\/p>\n\n

Internet Archive page for this recording<\/a>
\nprevious AYoS version<\/a> – 30 March
\nprevious AYoS version<\/a> – 18 November<\/span><\/p>\n

Baby Was a Friend of Mine<\/span><\/p>\n

the first time I saw her
\nI knew it was too late
\na shadow fell across my soul
\nI asked her for a date<\/p>\n

baby was a pistol
\nway too hot to hold
\nbaby was a big mistake
\nsome things you cant be told<\/p>\n

but baby
\nwas a friend of mine
\nbaby was a friend of mine
\nshe couldn’t keep from cheating
\nshe never did stop lying
\nbut baby was a friend of mine<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, baby drove me crazy
\nfor almost seven years
\nthen she drove away one day
\nwith a repo-man from Sears<\/p>\n

I found her in a Motel Six
\nout in San Berdoo
\nshe was watching Lucy re-runs
\nand sniffing airplane glue<\/p>\n

but baby
\nwas a friend of mine…<\/span><\/p>\n

Now the last time I saw her
\nshe said that it was fate
\nI thought for sure you’d save me
\n(she) said as she turned away<\/p>\n

I thought i saw a tear
\nslide across her face
\nI thought I saw forever
\njust as it slipped away<\/p>\n

but baby
\nwas a friend of mine
\nbaby was a friend of mine
\nshe couldn’t keep from cheating
\nshe never did stop lying
\nbut baby was a friend of mine
\n<\/span>(C)1992, TK Major<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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