What Mattered Most - Ty Herndon

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 confess 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 cloths

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

The cold facts and nothing more

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