Story Behind The Song
When She Was Good is a song from husband to wife, thinking back on great moments, images, from the brief time that their amazing and free-spirited daughter graced their presence.
Song Description
Looking back on the few good years of a spirited girl's life brings joy and sorrow at once
| Song Length |
4:17 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Country - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Joyful |
Subject |
Pain, Spirituality |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD
No hair for a year
And then she really slowed down
Yesterday we laid her down
And still she had that smile
Cool nights seem better now
Knowing she would remark at how
Good the wind must feel
And how she?d missed it awhile
But I don?t want to remember her like that
Like one of those sad show call-ins
Help me to forget she was ever bad
CHORUS:
When she was good
She would never let on she?d be gone and we would
Be back to you and me, trying to bring back the memory
Of when she was good
Those days you bathed her
On that old drummer?s stool
Laying in the hall I?d imagine you were
Bathing her for her prom
And still I play these stories out
Wondering what?s left to laugh about
But one thing I never will wonder
Is where she has gone
It turns out that she knew too much for her age
Kept it all in a late-night diary
All her pain and her fate on every page
A long strider, with my imbalance
And your hair and your eyes
But what was that she said about having too much
Time would be a waste for me, time would be a waste for me
With all the will in the world she had been infused
Sweet curse to keep us above it all
Left me one kind of love that I plan to use again