Hayden - 1939 lyrics

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I once saw a girl on my lawn<br />

She was so pretty and young<br />

She walked right up and just said<br />

"Your house is where I once lived"<br />

She asked to look around<br />

To see if she could find<br />

The part of her she left behind<br />

That she needed to move on<br />

I didn't want to let her down<br />

It was with her that I was found<br />

So I lead her into my place<br />

You should have seen her face<br />

She said her name was Sam<br />

And I let her know who I am<br />

She asked if she could bathe<br />

And I said: "Okay"<br />

An hour went by and the door opened wide <br />

And through the steam I saw her eyes<br />

She said: "You saved my life"<br />

It was with her that I was right<br />

A week maybe two disappeared<br />

She never came back around here<br />

I asked the old man living beside<br />

If he remembered Sam and he cried<br />

The beauty he described<br />

Was the girl I let inside<br />

But what he said after I'll never forget<br />

Until the day that I die<br />

The girl I met drowned in the bath<br />

In my house at 25<br />

In 1939<br />

It was with her that I tried