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A Good Girl

Metadata

title

A Good Girl

meaning

Saturday night stood up again: moon like a prison spotlight; I just want a good girl who understands me.

year

2010

release

Goodbye/Hello

releaseType

album

artist

The Luke Walton Band

artistId

#lukewaltonband

credits

Words and music by Luke Walton (Luke Francis Walton). The Luke Walton Band.

bandcamp

https://lukewaltonband.bandcamp.com/track/a-good-girl

themes

The Luke Walton Band
Goodbye/Hello
dating
2010

draft

false

Lyrics

You faked a smile and said you loved me,
Crossed your arms,
So I couldn't see

That in your heart there's something evil,
Something evil,
Yeah.

The moon was on ya like a prison spotlight,
You met some guy,
And in the black night.

Tossed me aside like so many others,
So many others,
Yeah.

Here I stand dreaming of,
Someone who wouldn't make life so rough.

I just want a good girl,
Do I have to search the whole world,
To get my hands on such a simple thing.

Someone who understands me,
Who tries her best to see,
Just what a little love can really bring.

But instead I'm stuck stood up,
Another Saturday night gone to waste.

I just want a good girl,
Do I have to search the whole world,
To get my hands on such a simple thing.

The party's done and I'm still pacing,
My eyes are shut,
And my mind is racing.

I guess that I don't choose them wisely,
Choose them wisely,
Yeah.

Here I stand dreaming of,
Someone who wouldn't make life so rough.

I just want a good girl,
Do I have to search the whole world,
To get my hands on such a simple thing.

Someone who understands me,
Who tries her best to see,
Just what a little love can really bring.

But instead I'm stuck stood up,
Another Saturday night gone to waste.

I just want a good girl,
Do I have to search the whole world,
To get my hands on such a simple thing.

I'm gonna keep going out,
Cause I don't got no doubt,
That there's somebody out there hearing my plea.

Just gimme some time,
Cause I'm sure that I'll find,
Someone who actually understands me.

I just want a good girl,
Do I have to search the whole world,
To get my hands on such a simple thing.

Someone who understands me,
Who tries her best to see,
Just what a little love can really bring.

But instead I'm stuck stood up,
Another Saturday night gone to waste.

I just want a good girl,
Do I have to search the whole world,
To get my hands on such a simple thing.

Content

Track four on Goodbye/Hello (2010). Lyrics per archived lukewaltonband.com. Staccato verse blocks and repeated hook: betrayal under prison spotlight moon, then the earnest ask: just what a little love can really bring.