When I Knew-Eleanor Friedberger

[ti:When I Knew] [ar:Eleanor Friedberger] [al:Personal Record] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]When I Knew - Eleanor Friedberger [00:12.99]I could see the tops of her white socks [00:16.05]Just beneath the desk [00:19.23]Her pants didn't reach all the way down her legs [00:25.48]And you know what happened next [00:28.86]I said hi politely and we went to time for coffee [00:34.35]Yeah yeah yeah that was when I knew [00:37.23]That was when I knew I was wrong wrong wrong all along [00:42.23]That was when I knew yeah [00:43.79]That was when I knew [00:46.67]They said we both write weird music [00:49.85]And she played me Soft Machine [00:53.61]And lent me a record that badly warped which screwed up everything [00:59.61]I was broke just fifteen [01:02.79]I scoured London for a replacement [01:06.04]I found it cheap in an Oxford Street basement [01:08.29]Yeah yeah yeah that was when I knew [01:11.36]That was when I knew I was wrong wrong wrong wrong [01:16.23]That was when I knew yeah [01:17.86]That was when I knew [01:33.97]I met her in my bedroom [01:36.84]Oh at a party Halloween [01:40.03]And she was wearing a pair of overalls [01:43.41]So I sang "Come On Eileen" [01:46.53]I was being slightly mean [01:50.23]And that just made her smile [01:53.49]Which made me feel childish [01:55.48]Yeah yeah yeah that was when I knew [01:58.38]That was when I knew I was wrong wrong wrong [02:03.32]That was when I knew yeah [02:04.87]That was when I knew [02:08.75]We played a song for scratch that night [02:11.00]And when she done up singing [02:14.50]She just took off stage left [02:17.94]And left us there winging it [02:21.00]The band went down swinging [02:23.87]As she made her exit arms in the air [02:27.50]I caught her eye I was unprepared [02:30.44]When I couldn't get her out of my head [02:33.75]So I got her out of hers instead [02:37.06]No I couldn't get her out of my head [02:40.12]So I got her out of hers instead [02:43.32]I know I couldn't get her out of my head [02:46.56]And then we ended up in [03:08.56]She glided by on antique roller skates [03:11.69]And overtook our car [03:14.50]Just down the street [03:17.81]Up from where we parked [03:21.06]Just south of Market [03:22.62] [03:23.95]In the Castro sun she seemed to glisten [03:27.58]And when she spoke I listened [03:29.52]Yeah yeah yeah that was when I knew [03:32.45]That was when I knew I was wrong wrong wrong [03:37.33]That was when I knew yeah [03:39.16]That was when I knew