Tim Brickley and the Bleeding Hearts.

Lyrics

I DIDN’T KNOW
(Timothy Brickley & David Rheins)

The first time I saw her she was standing in the corner
with a top that just went here, a
little senorita hat, a black fishnet
vision I was afraid would disappear.
I didn't know what she was about
but I planned to find out.
How sweet she would be I never had a doubt.
I imagined us home on her second-hand couch.

Her place was a glorious mess,
books and records, an apricot dress,
the hardwood floor, a dusty caress,
the fan in the window a hypnotizing drone.

I didn't know what I had that day,
how precious it was and how it was all gonna fly away.
No, I didn't know what I had that day
because I didn't know what I had that day.

I could play back all your memories.
in bed with “Tijuana Moods” and “Exile On Main Street”.
The room all bright, your shadow on the wall,
the heat in your eyes about to fall, and
you'd push me away when it got too intense, and
hold yourself as a last defense, and
I'd search for some obscure reference
to sanctify your moment, your symphony.

I didn't know what I had that day,
how precious it was and how it was all gonna fly away.
No, I didn't know what I had that day
because I didn't know what I had that day.

Now she's in Milwaukee, just left a trumpet player.
she's got this black kid now, he's beautiful, she says,
he's had a hard life but he's starting to come around, but
she can't talk because he just got home, and
I know, I know I know I know it's true
and I… love you too, and
if you ever needed shelter, I will come through.

I didn't know what I had that day,
how precious it was and how it was all gonna fly away.
No, I didn't know what I had that day
because I didn't know what I had that day.
No, I didn't know what I had that day
because I didn't know what I had that day.

Copyright 1993, Timothy Brickley & David Rheins.