She Was Real-Jon English

[00:16.78]It was cold and it was dark [00:20.67]When I stopped my Harley [00:26.21]And I looked down at my road map [00:29.69]I thought I had gone too far [00:33.50]It was one of those autumn nights [00:37.31]Pitch black with a mist in the air [00:41.82]When you can't see anything close up [00:45.88]But you know there's someone there [00:52.79]So I pulled out my flashlight [00:57.43]And shone it in the night [01:01.19]I heard a voice calling softly [01:05.29]And I caught her in the light [01:08.98]She was all dressed in jeans and leathers [01:12.63]She looked lost and afraid [01:17.34]And she whispered can you help me [01:21.64]I must have lost my way [01:27.40]And she was real my heart did a somersault [01:32.00]She was real she came near [01:35.72]I said hey you gave me quite a turn [01:39.86]Just what the hell are you doing out here [01:44.30]She was real she said I don't remember [01:48.77]She was real she looked at me [01:53.01]So I said I here do you want to go [01:56.69]She said I live by the sea [02:01.06]She was real I swear she was real [02:07.39] [02:13.51]Oh I ain't no Greek statue [02:17.64]But she was something to be seen [02:21.73]She had this long dark hair eyes like a cat [02:26.50]She was no more than nineteen [02:30.32]And you see I didn't think it right to ask [02:34.61]Just why she was all alone I just took it to be [02:40.28]Boyfriend trouble so I said I'll take you home [02:49.21]She was real she gave me her address [02:53.76]Or else I wouldn't be here [02:57.59]She was real she climbed up on the back of my bike [03:03.08]And she showed no fear [03:05.72]She was real soft she put her arms around me [03:10.35]She was real she held on tight [03:14.20]And she was real as we shouted our conversation [03:18.54]As we thundered through the night faster [03:23.46]She was real I swear she was real [03:33.50]It was raining and the mist was coming in [03:36.25]She looked at me she said hey I want to get home fast [03:41.85]I told her I'd do my best [03:44.65]And when I asked her out next Saturday [03:47.45]God help me she said yes [03:50.76]And the wind was snatching our voices away [03:53.86]But I felt good inside [03:56.32]There was me and Suzy riding out there [03:59.52]Just busting with pride feeling good [04:03.77]And she was real when I took the roundabout [04:06.72]Just as real as the wind in my hair [04:09.53]She was real when I turned to look at her [04:12.75]My god she wasn't there [04:15.54]She was real she told me her name [04:18.55]I went shouting out the same [04:21.46]I went stumbling through the undergrowth [04:24.74]Screaming like a man in pain [04:27.56]My god she must have fallen off [04:30.30]But I swear I didn't feel her fall [04:33.39]I went looking searching looking [04:36.56]And then I gave the cops a call [04:45.90]The cops came found nothing [04:49.85] [04:55.36]It was sunrise when they got there [04:58.98]Nine am when the searching broke [05:04.44]I guess it must have been the look on my face [05:07.77]That told them it weren't no joke [05:11.99]So I gave them Suzy's address [05:16.18]And they took me round there in the car [05:19.77]I just wanted to go with them [05:24.55]I couldn't face my Harley [05:31.93]And Suzy's mother answered [05:34.41]She had Suzy's hair and Suzy's eyes [05:40.19]And when I told her what had happened [05:43.66]She just broke down and she cried [05:47.53]And she told me I was cruel and heartless [05:51.80]To tease an old lady so and she told me [05:56.64]Suzy died on that roundabout twelve years ago [06:06.11]She was real there's a photo on the fireplace [06:09.90]Dated nineteen sixty five but she was real [06:15.62]She was on the back of my bike [06:18.09]She was soft she was alive [06:21.46]I swear she was real I ain't going crazy [06:26.72]I touched her and she touched me [06:29.49]So I guess I'll get on back to that roundabout [06:34.41]She's waiting there for me she's waiting [06:39.51]She's real I swear she's real she was real she was real [06:53.68]I ain't crazy she was real she was real I ain't crazy [07:08.98]