I thought I knew the girl so well If she was sad I couldn't tell I missed the point, I missed the signs So if she's 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 are blue Her hair is long In '64 She was born in 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 mattered 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 And I know, I know I missed the forest for the trees And all I have to show Oh when she walked out the door Cold facts and nothing more Her eyes are blue Her hair is long In '64 She was born in 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 mattered most Her eyes are blue Her hair is long In '64 She was born in Baton Rouge Her father's tall Her mother's gone She moved out west when she was two The way she laughed The way she loved Oh my God What did I do?