I Remember Her Name
In the dark wee hours at the Empress Motel
Jersey surf crashin', Asbury sea smell
She starts kissing me, the universe moved
A happy I know no heaven could improve
Band bus off to Boston
Sweet girl, you must come
She said "My Mom'd kill me
I got a job needs done"
I say "Gimme their numbers
I'll square it I swear
Wherever I'm goin' I know
I'll want you there"
20 no's and 20 kisses she waved and smiled
As the bus pulled out I felt lost, felt wild
Lost and wild raging hope and fear
I prayed I'd see her again
Still I remember her name
I remember her name
Her green eyes firing in a wavy sea of red
Daydream of waking with her sleepin' in our bed
Used to drive to Jersey every month or so
Played the same clubs too often hopin' she'd show
15 hard years fell by a few lifetimes of hurt
She never made it, my broke heart was dirt
And memory tattooed her perfect face
On my lonely soul
Still I remember her name,
I remember her name
20 no's, 20 kisses
One of life's great misses
Still I remember her name
Her touch, her soul set it all aflame
Still I remember her name
She was goodness in this world
Now there's nothing at all
Still I remember her name
Played the Rockin' Horse in the desert with my rockin' band
Tryin' to be content with who I ain't and who I am
She walks up to the bar says "Hi, remember me?"
I said "My God, you're the one that got away, your name is Amy"
Gave me her number wrote it down in eight places
Started callin' night and day
This time I don't let her get away
Still I remember her name
I remember her name
20 no's, 20 kisses
They'll be no more misses
Still I remember her name
Lately I'm forgetting where I left this and that
I'm gettin' thin up top, often wear a hat
Now that beauty lives beside and inside my soul
She took my heart, she took my name
Some nights the happiness will wake me up
She's breathin' a gentle song I won't get up
Beloved dogs lyin' against us breathin' their song too
I think of the crazy we've all been through
A second chance like this
Just don't come around
Through it all I remember her name
Yes I remember her name
I remember her name
20 no's, 20 kisses
They'll be no more misses
Yes, I remember her name
I remember her name
Still I remember her name