Rebecca moves across the world

She's a scirocco on the sand

She is the Nile that flows forever

Cutting a wound across the land

She'll be your friend before you know her

She'll have your trust before it's earned

But like any nomad she will wander

Breaking the hearts of all concerned



History clouds what we remember

The one that you wanted her to be

Mystery shrouds her like an island

But it's an island in a lonely sea

Oh, Rebecca

Oh, Rebecca



I was thirteen going on forty

Wasting my summer on the beach

Burned on the outside, raw in the middle

That Molly's just too hard to reach

But Rebecca moved in, yeah she moved me

She was the best friend I'd ever had

And then one day she went away

Didn't think I'd ever feel that bad



Where did you go?

Why did you lie?

Why did you leave without saying goodbye?

How ‘bout the promise

That you made me?

Was it really so easy to trade me

For another town

Another friend

Another beginning without any end…



So many times I would've called you

If I'd had your number in my hand

You were the one I would've turned to

When things didn't go the way I'd planned

I never got a chance to tell you

Things didn't go the way I'd planned...



History clouds what I remember

The one that I wanted her to be

Mystery shrouds her like an island

Does she still remember me?

My life is like a turnstile

So many strangers passing through

There've been more than I can number

But I still remember you



Oh, Rebecca

Oh, Rebecca