I Saw You - Arab Strap

It must have been at least three years ago

I had a crush on this girl I didn’t know

I thought it was a good idea at the time but I was pissed

I tried to find her by sending an ad into the list

It was free 'cause they’d just started this brand new section

First I passed it on to my old friend Denise for her inspection

It said, «I saw you twice and both times you were wearing orange»

And she told you I fancied you in the toilets at the garage

There was never a reply, perhaps it didn’t astound her

That’s assuming she ever saw it but I think I’ve found her

I thought it could’ve been her in a club on Saturday night

She was a couple of tables away and I thought it might be

But I was far too drunk, so an approach was out of the question

But this guy Stuart had sent us tickets to see his band

Belle and Sebastian, we went along thoroughly drunk

Stopped for a post-gig hello and I think the girl I was looking for

Is friends with the girl who plays the cello

I think she’s coming to see us when we play

And every time we meet I’ve got nothing to say

She probably thinks I’m new, she maybe thinks I’m gay

She’s probably go a boyfriend anyway

I remember the first time that I saw her, I was completely in awe

I thought, well, that’s the kind of girl that I would like to be my squaw

And if I could ever be the kind of brave that she would choose

We’d travel plains with our little baby turned in its little papoose

She starts fore sighting me in a public bar

My bird was in the bog when she returned she said

That she would like to give that girl a snog

And two weeks later we split up and a new lover I was seeking

And when I see that girl again I’m just never up for speaking

I think she’s coming to see us when we play

And every time we meet I’ve got nothing to say

She probably thinks I’m new, she maybe thinks I’m gay

She’s probably got a boyfriend anyway