Jonathan Richman

Ancient Long Ago

Jonathan Richman


I know a girl who thrills me 
what shall I say so you'll know? 
well when I think i her I get memories 
that seem like they came from some long lost long ago 

sometimes I'm in the wind 
the sun 
and I feel love 
as if I've known her 
from some ancient long ago 

her smile from the first time i saw her 
warms me up 
with its glow 
all i have to do is be near her 
and these feelings come and go 

sometimes I'm in the wind 
the sun 
and I feel love 
the kind of love which seems like it comes from 
some long lost long ago 

I am not bound by time or space right now 
where I want to be I can be 
where I want to go I can go 
and I know a girl who thrills me 
and I can't say why it's so 
I think I once used to know her 
in ancient ancient long ago 

right now i'm in a garden you know 
overrun with high grass 
and now the breeze is blowin 
and the trees are swayin 
and the branches are rustlin 
because it's falltime 
because it's autumn 
and the wind has a smell of roses 
it's haunting it's haunting me 
it suggests to me some mystery 
from some ancient long lost long ago 

I am not bound by time or space right now 
she might as well be not far away 
she might as well now hear what I say 
and that's I know a girl who reaches me 
and why that's so I can't say 
but these feelings I get when I'm near her 
I think they're real 
cause they stay 

sometimes I'm in the wind 
the sun 
and I feel love 
do you think I've known her from the past? 
do you think I've known her from the ancient? 
do you think I've known her from some long lost long ago?