Natalie

(album: Thousand Roads - 1993)

First time I saw her she was still in school
Chewing on a pencil, playing pool
Staying up all night
And full of dreams

I've known her family ever since we were small
Getting in trouble, driving our folks up the wall
Wasting time
Yeah but we had fun

She was gonna ride her bike to China
Sail away on a bottle top
And as the years passed by
One night I held her close to me
That was the first time I
Said I love you
To Natalie

Carousel was crowded so we talked for a while
Natalie said, "Baby, you know I miss your smile...
Whenever you go away
Away from me."

You know that time starts ticking when a love starts to fade
I knew something was wrong but still I thought we had it made
The first time I
Said I love you
To Natalie
That was the first time I
Said I love you
To Natalie

Now I look at her pictures and I talk to these walls
Call out her name but she don't hear me at all

And she got wild and restless
Tried everything she could take
One night I tried to stop her
But I was too late

That was the last time I
Said I love you
To Natalie

And that was the last time I
Said I love you
To Natalie

That was the last time I
Said I love you
That was the last time I
Said I love you
That was the last time I
Said I love you
To Natalie