She’s got an old tattoo Something her boyfriend drew And she’s done going to school She’s too smart for that stuff now She took me by surprise Made under northern skies Long dark hair and big hazel eyes The kind of beautiful that does not try Carrying the world on her shoulders Gracefully She’s on the outside looking the other way Miles under her feet Brittle leaves on her family tree She had a long line of losers and the next was me But eventually I became the one she needed me to be