What Mattered Most

I thought I knew the girl so well

If she was sad, I couldn't tell

I missed the point, I missed the signs

So if she's gone the fault is mine

I know, I know

A whole lot of little things

Even though I could list them one by one

She would still be gone

Her eyes were blue, her hair was long

In '64, she was born in Baton Rouge

Her favorite song was "In My Life"

I memorized her every move

I knew her books, her car, her clothes

But I paid no attention to what mattered most

I never asked (I never asked)

She never said (she never said)

And when she cried I turned my head

She dreamed her dreams (she dreamed her dreams)

Behind closed doors (behind closed doors)

That made them easy to ignore

Oh, and I know, I know

I missed the forest for the trees

All I have to show

Oh, when she walked out the door

The cold facts and nothing more

Her eyes were blue, her hair was long

In '64, she was born in Baton Rouge

Her favorite song was "In My Life"

I memorized her every move

I knew her books, her car, her clothes

But I paid no attention to what mattered most

Her eyes were blue, her hair was long

In '64, she was born in Baton Rouge

Her father's tall, her mother's gone

She moved out west when she was two

The way she laughed

The way she loved

Oh my God, what did I do?

(What did you do?) What did I do/

(Ohh-oh, what did I do?)

That girl, she mattered the most

(She mattered, she mattered)

Oh, what did I do?

(What did you do?)