When I woke up this morning The first thing that I heard A song about a girl I knew, I'd written every word And as I listen on and on A chill ran through my spine She meant so much to me back then And now she's on my mind It seems so long since I'd written that song As I think back in time Seems like years since yesterday And now she's on my mind The time we spent together Seems so long ago But work got scarce and times got hard I'd have to hit the road I hit that trail from town to town Out on that lonesome road When I got back my girl was gone She couldn't stand the cold That it seems so long since I've written that song As I think back in time Seems like years since yesterday And now she's on my mind Oh yeah... And now that I've sold my songs People know my name Without that girl I wrote them for, my life is not the same It seems so long since I've written that song As I think back in time Seems like years since yesterday And now she's on my mind It seems so long since I've written that song As I think back in time Seems like years since yesterday And now she's on my mind