Story Behind The Song

Every once in a long while I actually manage to pull a decent song out of my [hat]. This is one of those times. I don't know how, but this song came to me with less than 4 days to go before final recording. Great job by Ben in coming up with such cool lyrics on such short notice. This is another tribute to the 80's. It's my FYC song. If you don't know what FYC means then it wouldn't mean much to you anyway. I also told Ben I wanted him to 'talk' the refrains 'just like Lou Reed'. I beat him severely trying to get him to be more Lou Reed-like in his talking. He was ready to kill me by the final take, but in the end I think it was definitely worth it.

Song Description

This is a conception I had of someone who you could love and it would never grow stale. Someone who would always surprise you. In the musical Chess (by those ABBA guys and Tim Rice), there is a song called 'Heaven Help My Heart' (mild FM radio hit from the 80's) where the character Florence (Elaine Paige) sings 'One of these days/and it won't be long/he'll know more about me than he should/all my dreams will be understood/no surprise/nothing more to learn from the look in my eyes.' What if that did not have to be true? That person would probably drive you crazy and you couldn't stay with him or her, but that's the concept behind A Girl Like That.

Lyrics

A Girl Like That

First she's coming and then she tells me
She can't go without her hat
Search all night and never find it
What can you do with a girl like that

She is a little bit funny sometimes
There's more to her than meets the eye
She gets a little bit crazy sometimes
I never know just what she'll try
But life is a little bit better around her
Time moves a little bit slower by
When she lays upon my shoulder
Never lets me see her cry

She takes all I have to give
But gives me back a little more
She takes all I have to give
But always evens up the score
She is all that I can handle
She is more than I can take
She is like a roman candle
Sitting on my birthday cake

Sometimes when we're out with friends
She laughs and talks the night away
Sometimes when we're all alone
She won't speak at all for days
But when she whispers that she loves me
I cannot believe my ears
When she tells that she needs me
Sweetest words I'll ever hear

She is like an ice cream parlor
Always something new to try
Though I want to understand she
Always tells me not to try
Won't forget when I first met her
Blown away she knocked me flat
She said I think you'll be the one
Now what can you do with a girl like that


She is a little bit funny sometimes
There's more to her than meets the eye
She gets a little bit crazy sometimes
I never know just what she'll try
Light is a little bit brighter around her
Time moves a little bit slower by
She is like a laundromat
Waiting for your clothes to dry
She's a movie that's never over
She's a play that never ends
She won't tell me where she comes from
She won't let me meet her friends
She is more than I could hope for
She is more than I deserve
It's a miracle that I found her
Can't believe I had the nerve
I went out alone tonight
She stayed home to groom the cat
We don't even have a pet
What can you do with a girl like that