I once saw a girl on my lawn
She was so pretty and young
She walked right up and just said

"your house is where i once lived"
She asked to look around
To see if she could find

The part of her she left behind
That she needed to move on
I didnt want to let her down

It was with her that i was found

So i lead her into my place

You should have seen her face
She said her name was sam
And i let her know who i am

She asked if she could bathe
And i said: "okay"
An hour went by and the door opened wide

And through the steam i saw her eyes
She said: "you saved my life"
It was with her that i was right


A week maybe two disappeared
She never came back around here

I asked the old man living beside
If he remembered sam and he cried
The beauty he described

Was the girl i let inside
But what he said after ill never forget
Until the day that i die

The girl i met drowned in the bath
In my house at 25
In 1939

It was with her that i tried