On: 17/12/2010 E-mail: Simple country flavoured song from The Quo. From the album In The Army Now. I got an invitation from a girl I used to know back home It was an invitation asking me to telephone She said it’s getting lonely here And I’ve been gone for close a year I took the first flight out to meet the girl I used to know back home She met me off the flight a million dollars in her long red gown With a man in a black hat just to drive us back to town Now the faces all look the same And all the places have the same old names But in a year you’ve changed just like the girl I used to know back home Yes in a year you’ve changed just like the girl I used to know back home Maybe it’s true that I go on and on and on Maybe it’s true that I’m the lonely one alone What can I say to you what can I say to you? Yes in a year you’ve changed just like the girl I used to know back home It took another year before I started getting itchy toes And then I had to leave but that’s the way the story goes Well I reckon if she’d made me stay I’d never live to see another day I took the first flight out and left the girl I used to know back home Maybe it’s true that I go on and on and on Maybe it’s true that I’m the lonely one alone What can I say to you what can I say to you? I took the first flight out and left the girl I used to know back home Back home I left the girl back home I left the girl back home I left the girl back home I left the girl back home I left the girl back home

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À propos de la chanson

La chanson évoque le retour d'un homme dans sa ville natale après une longue absence. Il reçoit une invitation d'une ancienne connaissance, une jeune femme qui se sent seule depuis son départ. À son arrivée, il remarque que tout semble familier, mais que la vie et les gens ont évolué pendant son absence, tout comme la fille qu'il connaissait. C'est une réflexion sur le passage du temps et les changements inévitables qui en résultent. Bien qu'il ressente une certaine nostalgie, il réalise également que cela ne le retient pas, et qu'il doit reprendre son envol, laissant derrière lui ce qu'il a connu.