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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"]

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.

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Track four on [*Goodbye/Hello*](/albums/goodbye-hello/) (2010). Lyrics per [archived lukewaltonband.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20120514002356/http://www.lukewaltonband.com/site/A_Good_Girl_Lyrics.html). Staccato verse blocks and repeated hook: betrayal under *prison spotlight* moon, then the earnest ask: *just what a little love can really bring.*

See [Catalog](/catalog/#luke-walton-band)

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