You I’ve known you had a thing for me Baby I wasn’t a fool You gave the first impression you liked me When you wanted us to skip school I know you said you loved me I know you really cared You had your heart set on being my girl But honey, life ain’t fair If you weren’t you, I could have been in love, If you weren’t you, You could have been who I was thinking of If you weren’t you, I might have cared for you myself, Oh but you were you, And I was in love with somebody else Then you started writing me letters Asking me what I thought of you You even showed up on my doorstep From out of the blue Claiming you were just passing by On the way to see your dad, But your father lives a thousand miles from here Girl you must have wanted me bad And if you weren’t you, I might have tried to love you more, And if you weren’t you, I probably wouldn’t have locked the door If you weren’t you, You would have gotten the hint, Oh but you were you, And camped outside in a tent When I finally got the nerve to leave You ran up and said hello I said I don’t have time to talk, I really need to go You said that you understood But as I drove down the pike When I looked in my rear-view mirror I saw you trailing me on your bike I ran three lights to try to get away But you were too hard to shake So I let you catch up really close And then I slammed on my brakes And before I got far the cops arrested me And my vehicle was kindly towed I watched the paramedics come and take you away After they scraped you off of the road And if you weren’t you, You could have been the one, And if you weren’t you, I never would have tried a hit-and-run, If you weren’t you, Instead of in jail I’d probably be golfing, Oh but you were you, And I hope you sleep well in your coffin