Lord, I miss that girl On the day we met the sun was shinin' down Down on the valley, riddled with horses runnin' Crushin' them with flowers I would have picked for her On the day she was born She runs through my veins like a long black river An' rattles my cage like a thunderstorm Oh, my soul, what does it mean? What does it mean? What does it mean to be so sad? When someone you love Someone you love is supposed to make you happy What do you do, how do you keep love alive? When it won't What, what are the words they use When they know it's over? "We need to talk," or "I'm confused Maybe later you can come over" I would've held your mother's hand On the day you was born She runs through my veins like a long black river An' rattles my cage like a thunderstorm Oh, my soul, what does it mean? What does it mean? What does it mean to be so sad? When someone you love Someone you love is supposed to make you happy What do you do, how do you keep love alive? When it won't, how do you keep love alive? When it won't, how do you keep love alive? When it won't