Arno Carstens - About a Girl Lyrics

I met a girl called Pleasant, number on serviette
Sweet lemon gin, cold chilli sweat

She said I remind her of a boy, long time ago
Skinny bag of bones and a crime to uphold
But he was sweet, like a wooden leg

I said I knew a girl that was so incomplete
One twitching eye and a mouth from the ditch
But she was sweet, and I wouldn’t care

So rest in the shadows of the shady leaves we bring
Roll down the window and let it all in
You’re the plague that I will never regret

So rest under shadows of the billowing smoke
I will steal every moment, as you let me in
Me in awe of your displeasure in me

I knew a girl called Pleasant, who used to call me rat
In the figment of our imagination, we were better than that
Complete, no defeat

She said one day you will grow up to be the tallest skeleton
And the whole block will stop, and the penny will drop
That we’re just different tides on the beach

So rest under shadows of the shady leaves we bring
I will roll down the window and let it all in
You’re the plague that I will never regret

So, rest in the shadows of the billowing smoke
I will steal every moment for the warmth you export
I guess we were always meant to be