Testo di Turnabout

As large as life she stood there Kissed my cheek and called my old nickname And though several years had passed Both of us still looked quite the same I said hi relaxed a bit Then asked her how she'd been all these years She told me she was feeling fine Came to see a friend who lived up here Told me she had finished school And then went on to college for a year I asked if she had married Slowly down her cheek there came a tear She said just an itchy eye It must be the weather way up here Told her I can't stand the cold It freezes me and I can't feel my ears We talked a bit about Mobile And thought about how it has never changed I told her I was a comin' home To spend some time and hoped it wouldn't rain She asked if she could see me then And we could spend some time now and then Because I lived so far away Was still no chance why we could not be friends I drove her to the waiting plane Watched that big jet streaking through the sky Thought about the sad young girl And the time that I just saw her cry That flame must still be burning bright I think I'll catch a later flight today It's time for me to go on home And spend a day or two down by the bay