I Wish I Was the Girl I Was

Bar room lights shine on the snow
The girls outside in their shiniest clothes
They drove all night to make the show
But I haven’t been since ages ago
In a bar back then on the edge of town
Where the girls wore summer clothes year round
We talked until the lights came on
I told you I was good as gone
But I wish I was with you tonight
You could play me that new song you like
Take the interstate right out of town
With the radio playing and windows down
I wish I was the girl I was
I wish I was the girl I was
Sometimes I still forget I’m gone
I put your favorite record on
And every song feels like a prayer
I didn’t know I’d lost somewhere
The college kids down at the bar
When the lights go down and they hear the guitar
The world outside will drop away
Nothing left but sound and ache
And I wish I was with you tonight
You could play me that new song you like
Take the interstate right out of town
With the radio playing and windows down
I wish I was the girl I was
I wish I was the girl I was
You got a lot of nerve to call me now
After all the ways I let you down
I’m tired of wanting things I can’t have anymore
And I wish I was a girl who’d stick around
And I wish I was with you tonight
You could play me that new song you like
Take the interstate right out of town
With the radio playing and windows down
I wish I was the girl I was
I wish I was the girl I was