What Mattered Most

I thought I knew the girl so well

she was sad I couldnt tell

I missed the point I missed the signs

So if shes 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

Her eyes were blue her

hair was long

in '64 she was 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 matted most

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

And all I have to show

oh when she walked out the door

the cold facts and nothing more

Her eyes were blue her

hair was long

in '64 she was 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 matted most

Her eyes were blue her

hair was long

in '64 she was baton rouge

her fathers tall her mothers gone

she moved out west when she was two

the way she laughed the way she loved

oh my god what did I do