I Know a Girl
I Know a Girl
I know a girl likes to dance and sing
This girl is up for most anything
I took her dancing on a Saturday night
And wouldn’t you know I got into a fight
Too many guys just hanging round
She got her red dress on her feet don’t touch the ground
Guy comes up he’s way over the top
It’s left up to me to make it stop
I know a girl and she’s so fine
I would love to make her mine all mine
But it’s just so hard to keep this girl in line
I know a girl likes to drive around town
Window open she’s putting it down
She’s so cute traffic grinds to halt
But she won’t admit it’s all her fault
I know a girl yeah and she’s so fine
I would love to make her mine all mine
But it’s such hard work to keep this girl in line
I know a girl likes to act so bad
She’ll give you the best time you ever had
She makes me dizzy with her crazy ways
Being with her ain’t no lazy days
She’s so much fun you laugh and scream
But you better watch out or she’ll end your dream
She’ll make you run and beg and more
But then turn around and show you the door
She’s so damn fine I can’t make her mine
She dances along to her own sweet time
No one could ever own this girl so fine
But it’s just so hard to keep this girl in line
I wanna make her mine
I wanna keep her in line
But she slips away
She slips clean away
Away, Away, Away
(The first-person perspective needs to be read with a critical eye.)
I’m seeing a leather jacket here, slick back hair, proper old school rocker.
I’m wondering what comes first to you, do you know what the music is before you write the lyrics or do they evolve from a rhythm of the title or something else?
I wrote it when I was learning some Eddie Cochran songs and consciously imitated his style.
I think of the title first; I then extract a melody and rhythm from that; the rest of the melody then comes fairly easily.