i know a girl she's blonde and free turns 21 on new years eve everytime i see her she clings to me cause thats what young girls do shes fire on her own she knows me well never gets mad at the storys i tell shes an old soul living in a cheap motel travelin to by sea i been up and i been down and i been away and i been around and i been mopin all around this town waiting for loretta too long well i knew a girl i knew her family too and theyd all try to skin me if they only knew but it only happened for a time or two i couldn't hold her all through the storm well shes a comfort in the rain shes a walk in the park shes cold in the day cool when its dark and i came outside and she was standing on my car she don't like it when i tell her no well i been up and i been down i been away and i been around and i been mopin all around this waitin for loretta too long well i met a girl she liked the way i smelled thought it was a little bit weird but i thought what the hell so we road all around til the morning fell i liked her freckles in the sunrise so i saw her again but it wasn't too long before she asked me to sing her a loretta song and thats about the time everything went wrong i never saw or heard from her again cause she knew better than that and she knew better than me and she could see all the things i couldn't yet see and she told me id get it eventually i'm still looking i guess so i been up and i been down and i been away and i been around and i been mopin all around this town waiting for loretta too long