There was a girl in love with me
I was all she wanted to be
We were young, happy and free
We watched our love grow through all the years
I called her my friend
We used to play house with Barbie and Ken
We'd ride our bikes through the park
We cried together afraid of the dark
If I could only see today, yesterday
I could have helped her up when she was down
And kept her off the streets
I moved away for a while and that's when I lost my friend
Her mother told me and told me that she was on her way down
She wrote me a letter
It was the third of its kind
She told me she was happily getting married to some rich older guy
I went to see it for myself
And she was telling a lie
I saw her walking the streets with her skirt up high
I guess she told me a lie
‘Cause I saw her down on Bourbon Street
She was living a life of true and false reality
It really broke my heart
But a friend to her, I'll always be
She's just a lonely girl on Bourbon Street
I don't understand, I don't know what she wants
I don't understand, I don't know what she wants
Our worlds always change
We corrupt our minds
Everybody's a treasure
Let's perfect our minds
Where's my little lady?
Where has she gone?
Where's my little lady?
I think her destiny's in the street
I said she wrote me a letter
It was the third of its kind
She told me she was happily getting married to some rich older guy
I went to see it for myself
And she was telling a lie
I saw her walking the street with her skirt up high
I guess she told me a lie
‘Cause I saw her down on Bourbon Street
She was living a life of true and false reality
It really broke my heart
But a friend to her, I'll always be
She's just a lonely girl on Bourbon Street