Song Description
Homage to a friendly girl the songwriter met in a subway station. About humanity and human connection.
| Song Length |
3:58 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Glad, Gracious |
Subject |
Girls, Women, Happiness |
| Similar Artists |
Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
V1
She was young, maybe fourteen
With braces and a nose ring
She sat by me, in the subway
We were waiting for the 1 Train
B1
She could not contain her glee
She just bought a new CD
She thought she'd share the news with me
Unlike the others
She was unencumbered
V2
I admit it, for a minute
I thought she might have a screw loose
To've begun this, conversation
As if we'd be friends forever, yeah well...
B2
She could not contain her glee
She just bought his new cd
She thought she'd share the news with me
Unlike the others
She was unencumbered
BRIDGE
She didn't play by the big city rules
Don't talk to strangers, don't look like a fool
She didn't hide a single inch of her soul
Pure gold
V3
See this girl, she was different
She wasn't bothered by difference
There we stood, on a full train
And when her stop came the girl waved
B3
How lucky of me to see
This girl's sweet humanity
She thought she'd share a piece with me
Unlike the others
She was unencumbered
REPEAT BRIDGE
V4
She was young, maybe fourteen
With braces and a nose ring
She sat by me, in the subway
It was ... a better day than yesterday...