Before the Fall Songtext
von Carrie Newcomer

Where did the time go? I swear
It was last week at most last year
The face that I see in the mirror
Really can′t be me

This town can talk and just because
But stupid is as stupid does
You have but one or two great loves
Why would I regret it?

I was the girl you almost married
When hopes were high and eyes were starry
You laid me down in the tallest grass
When the sun was going down
In the shadow of the thunderstorm
Hair tangled in your sunburned arms
You crazy for my wildest charms
That summer before the fall

So willingly lead astray
The world spun slower than today
Most women know but they'll never say


I was the girl you almost married
When hopes were high and eyes were starry
You laid me down in the tallest grass
When the sun was going down
In the shadow of the thunderstorm
Hair tangled in your sunburned arms
You crazy for my wildest charms
That summer before the fall

On steamy nights in mid July
Through dusty windows and stormy skies
I lean on the counter and I close my eyes

Who knows how far a good deed flies
Or the speed of light to reach our eyes
Or when we shouldn′t question why

I was the girl you almost married
When hopes were high and eyes were starry
You lay me down in the tallest grass
When the sun was going down
In the shadow of the thunderstorm
Hair tangled in your sunburned arms
You crazy for my wildest charms
That summer before the fall