TELL KIM I SAID HI
She said she was ready, I knew that she wasn’t
She said “Take me now,” I knew that I couldn’t
She told me she loved me, I think she thought that she did
But she was just a kid (and I was just a kid)
That spring felt like summer, the nights just got hotter
We’d talk until dawn, and days were forever
When school let out early, I knew there was no turning back
Though I had my chance (we were cool like that)
All laughter and love songs and nothing could be wrong
Pure dreams and ideas, how it felt to belong
And words come so easily when each one feels like the truth
The poetry of youth (but what’s the use)
Then a phone call on Sunday and with it a soft rain
The air got much colder, my world turned to grey
Something was wrong, something that I couldn’t fix
So that was it (but what is this)
Denial with smiles and forced awkward friendship
I learned to be cold as I watched myself grow old
And I learned to be cruel, I learned how to shut it all off
To avoid the loss (no matter what the cost)
She moved away, got engaged, separated
And I stayed right here and I waited and waited
She finally came home, got married and this time it stuck
So I wished her luck (but what a joke)
She said she was ready
She said “Take me now”
She told me she loved me
She told me she loved me
She said she was ready (She said she was ready)
She said “Take me now” (She said “Take me now”)
She told me she loved me, she did but she didn’t
The heart at sixteen is so easily smitten
When all that you know of the world are the things you can feel
It’s all so real
Now all these years later, each song that I’ve written
They’ve all been for her, though she’ll never listen
But she’s still the measurement by which I’ll judge each new love
Thought it’s not enough (It’s never enough)
Still time marches on and the ego can heal itself
And with each new day my naivety reveals itself
But if love ever had the misfortune to feel itself
I believe it would go away (and we’d all be safe)
I ran into her sister, “Tell Kim I said Hi,”
I said, “I might move out west, so tell Kim goodbye.
Tell her I’m doing fine, if you don’t mind telling a lie”
She was just a kid
I was just a kid
And we were stupid
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