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I was twenty and she was eighteen
We were just as wild as we were green
In the ways of the world
She picked me up in that red rag top
We were free of the folks and hiding from the cops
On a summer night runnin’ all the red lights
We parked way out in a clearin’ in a grove
And the night was as hot as a coal burnin’ stove,
We were cookin’ the gas
We would have to last
In the back of that red rag top
She said please don’t stop
Well the very first time her mother met me
Her green-eyed girl was a mother to be for 2 weeks
I was out of a job and she was in school
Life was fast and the world was cruel
We were young and wild,
We decided not to have a child
So we did what we did and we tried to forget
And we swore up and down there would be no regrets
In the morning light
But on the way home that night
On the back of that red rag top
She said please don’t stop
Lovin’ me
We took one more trip around the sun
It was all make believe in the end
No I can’t say where she is today
I can’t remember who I was back then
Well you do what you do and you pay for your sins
And there’s no such thing as what might’ve been
That’s a waste of time
Drive you outta your mind
I was stopped at a red light just yesterday
Beside a young girl in a cabriolet
And her eyes were green
And I was in an old scene
I was back in that red rag top
On the day she stopped
Lovin’ me
I was back in that red rag top
On the day she stopped
Lovin’ me
We were just as wild as we were green
In the ways of the world
She picked me up in that red rag top
We were free of the folks and hiding from the cops
On a summer night runnin’ all the red lights
We parked way out in a clearin’ in a grove
And the night was as hot as a coal burnin’ stove,
We were cookin’ the gas
We would have to last
She said please don’t stop
Her green-eyed girl was a mother to be for 2 weeks
I was out of a job and she was in school
Life was fast and the world was cruel
We were young and wild,
We decided not to have a child
So we did what we did and we tried to forget
And we swore up and down there would be no regrets
In the morning light
But on the way home that night
She said please don’t stop
Lovin’ me
It was all make believe in the end
No I can’t say where she is today
I can’t remember who I was back then
And there’s no such thing as what might’ve been
That’s a waste of time
Drive you outta your mind
I was stopped at a red light just yesterday
Beside a young girl in a cabriolet
And her eyes were green
And I was in an old scene
On the day she stopped
Lovin’ me
I was back in that red rag top
On the day she stopped
Lovin’ me
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Jan11, You are not a terrible person at all. I obviously don't know you but I know a few girls who have had abortions and really regret them like you but they are incredible, strong women. Everyone makes mistakes. I am pro life, but in my opinion, the abortion clinics are way more to blame than the women.
I'm sure nothing I can say will make you feel better, but know I'm praying for you.
This song is great! I'm surprised no one commented on it yet. Peace!
I think its about "young love"---how nothing matters but being together and then "life" and the "real world" get in the way
great song
It's about a girl getting an abortion and being really fucked up about it.
It's about a girl getting an abortion and being really fucked up about it.
I think this song goes a lot deeper than young love. The first verse speaks for itself, although I think it's a little wistful. It's in the last two verses, though, where the sadness of the song really comes out. I am doing a research paper on abortion, and I've learned that often after an abortion the woman first feels terribly guilty (please don't stop loving me) but then begins to hate the man for not stopping her, which I think is why he says that she stopped loving him. This is such a sad song - it really made me stop and think after I heard it.
this is such a great song, its just incredibly sad.
Jason White wrote this song. You should listen to his version, which is much much better in my opinion. Great song by a great songwriter.
I think this is a awsome song.
The abortion part is really sad
I definitely agree with JimmyKane. Jason White's version is tres awesome.
Which makes me of think of the really complex nature of the issue of hand. His album was called Shades of Gray, and I think that speaks volumes about that song. Even though the act of abortion itself was bad, the person involved obviously wasn't...just a little young and unsure of the consequences of his actions. There's an incredible amount of regret in that song, and you can't help but sympathize.
I got pregnant by my boyfriend of two years when we were 20. We were terrified, hopeless, heartbroken, overwhelmed w/fear that our families would kill us. We had to undo what was already done, and FAST. "So we did what we did and we tried to forget." Words can never do justice for the feelings I had as I laid on that cold table of February 14th, VALENTINE'S DAY. It was as if nothing had ever happened and we were relieved. It wasn't until the time of my due date that the feelings I had repressed ripped through me like a tornado. I quickly spiraled from regretful and depressed to suicide in the course of one weekend.
"Well you do what you do and you pay for your sins And there’s no such thing as what might’ve been That’s a waste of time Drive you outta your mind"
Nothing will ever fill the endless black hole in me. I'm never going to be whole again... I did a terrible and repulsive thing and I'm digusted by the terrible person I think I am.
^ to above poster. you are not a terrible, disgusting person. i am against abortion but i still feel for you. you're life is not over. please don't feel that way about yourself.
anyway i love this song. im only 17 and i think its kinda funny how it came on in this camper me and my girlfriend were in the first time we were about to have sex. not that it happened but idk im always going to think of her when i hear this song.