Verse 1

Where is that beautiful pearl of a person I knew
When we were both young, and the world was new?
With the passing of years, you’d think we’d have known
How to work it out before it was gone.

Chorus

Why am I writing about you,
Woman I once adored?
Why am I singing about you?
I barely know you any more.

I keep looking for answers.
Will answers come at last.
Mother of my children.
Stranger from my past.

Verse 2

I admit there were many times, when our lives were a-whirl
We lived under the same roof, in different worlds
But when we stopped talking, when we started to fear
It’s easy to see now, that the end was near.

Verse 3

We lived our lives and our distance grew
You fell into the arms of somebody new.
I wish we could have spared our children
From the hell that we put them through.

Chorus

Verse 4

Where is that beautiful pearl of a person I knew
When we were both young, and the world was new?
Beneath that solemn look, and icy shell
Are you still in there? I really can’t tell.
Are you still in there? I really can’t tell.