Heard this song being played from my laptop this afternoon while I was doing some reading on gender and education. Suddenly, it brought me back to the first 3 months of 1984 when I was also listening to this same song almost every morning while I was transiting at Toa Payoh Interchange to school. Brought me back memories of this girl I met during those first 3 months ... whom I fell in love with ... but she did not know, and I did not have the guts to take the first step to ask her out for a date. Her name was Iris. She was a sweet and gentle girl, and I believe she still is. Well, call it the dream girl whom every boy would go after. After those 3 months, we moved on to other schools. We never met until I bumped into her one evening 10 years ago along Robinson Road. That was the last time. I would like to think that she's happily married to a loving hubby with many lovely kids. Whenever I hear this song being played on the air or my laptop, I would somehow remember her and I wish she will always be happy.
(Performed by Bread. Words by David Gates)
And Aubrey was her name,
A not so very ordinary girl or name.
But who's to blame?
For a love that wouldn't bloom
For the hearts that never played in tune.
Like a lovely melody that everyone can sing,
Take away the words that rhyme it doesn't mean a thing.
And Aubrey was her name.
We tripped the light and danced together to the moon,
But where was June.
No it never came around.
If it did it never made a sound,
Maybe I was absent or was listening to fast,
Catching all the words, but then the meaning going past,
But God I miss the girl,
And I'd go a thousand times around the world just to be
Closer to her than to me.
And Aubrey was her name,
I never knew her, but I loved her just the same,
I loved her name.
Wish that I had found the way
And the reasons that would make her stay.
I have learned to lead a life apart from all the rest.
If I can't have the one I want, I'll do without the best.
But how I miss the girl
And
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