I Should Have Stopped

I remember you when we were both at school

For one short week we shared the same carpool

(Hey, hey) Then I saw you today

You're looking pretty special in your disco hat

As you do your dirty laundry at the laundromat

Life has intervened but nothing's changed

Your eyes looked kinda tired

But you basically looked the same, the same

You were never really that good at sports

But you kissed me on a dare behind the tennis courts

(Hey, hey) You'd been all the way

I always was afraid of your fearsome friends

You used to disappear with them for long weekends

One day you left, Monday never came

And there you were standing

In the wash and fold again

I should have stopped and said Hello but I didn't

I'll go back to the mess at home

I should have stopped and said Let's go but I couldn't

Leave my memories alone

We were very nearly in the same school play

But I ended up as prompter for the matinees

(Hey, hey) You were Salome

But I saw you in your bra in the costume tent

I ran across the stage in embarrassment

Even now, it's harder not to stare at you

Sorting out the whites from the colours in your underwear

I should have stopped and said Hello but I didn't

I'll go back to the mess at home

I should have stopped and said Let's go but I couldn't

Leave my memories alone

Because it's ancient history and we are not the same

And we will never know the mystery again

I should have stopped and said Hello but I didn't

I'll go back to the mess at home

I should have stopped and said Let's go but I couldn't

Leave my memories alone