If You Knew Me Then

Back when driving down White Rock Road

Was an hour in the car with a pillow

And the evening sun melted

Gold rays in between all the shadows

The swing out front, the light green yard

And homemade strawberry ice cream

I don't remember feeling much back then

But I remember the oak tree

I'm stuck somewhere in between

These endless endings and beginnings

I'm the daughter of my mother's mother

Gonna drive all night to California

Back to green carpets and white houses

If you knew me then, it would all make sense

Driving back in the almost dark

Whispery car on the gravel

Running between the vineyards

Fades to my rollerblades on the blacktop

Now my life is filled with stop signs

And signing on dotted lines

And I'm haunted by what I've lost

And I'm watching the clock and it won't stop

I'm stuck somewhere in between

These endless endings and beginnings

I'm the daughter of my mother's mother

Gonna drive all night to California

Back to green carpets and white houses

If you knew me then, it would all make sense

I'm still the same but everything has changed

I'm still the same but everything has changed

I'm still the same but everything has changed

I'm still the same but everything has changed

I'd like to think if you saw me now, you'd be proud

You'd be proud, proud, proud

I'm the daughter of my mother's mother

Gonna drive all night to California

Back to green carpets and white houses

If you knew me then, it would all make sense