A Total Eclipse of the Sun - Don McLean

There she was behind the counter

When I saw her she took me by surprise

Ten years had passed since our brief encounter

When I got caught with the sun in my eyes

It was a total eclipse of the sun

Total eclipse of the sun

On that hot summer day

She blew me away

In a total eclipse of the sun

I went there to buy a Christmas trinket

I never thought I could find such a face

The way she said goodbye, who would think it

Would haunt me in this holiday place

It was a total eclipse of the sun

Total eclipse of the sun

She rolled back the years

To the pain and the tears

Of that total eclipse of the sun

In that July back in '63

She sent my word crashing down around me

I learned to fear what a woman can do

When she’s tired of listening to you

It was a total eclipse of the sun

Total eclipse of the sun

She shot her gun

And watched my blood run

In a total eclipse of the sun

Her makeup was flawless

Her clothes were tailored

She smiled with holiday cheer

Back then I was poor

But now I was rich

And still I stood frozen with fear

It was a total eclipse of the sun

A total eclipse of the sun

That girl burned me twice

Turned me to ice

In a total eclipse of the sun

She invited me to her folks' summer home

And when I got there she told me goodbye

I stayed the next day and she stayed away

While the sun burned a hole in my eye

It was a total eclipse of the sun

A total eclipse of the sun

There was no doubt

I was blacked out

In a total eclipse of the sun

Colorful Christmas lights were blinking

And the snow turned everything white

The minute I saw her I stared thinking

Of that painful sunbeam of light

It was a total eclipse of the sun

A total eclipse of the sun

She was the infliction

Of my crucifixion

In a total eclipse of the sun

A total eclipse of the sun

I remember that day

When they all looked away

From a total eclipse of the sun