When I noticed her the first time   I was outside running barefoot in the rain   She lived in the house next door   And her nose was pressed against the window pane      When she looked at me   She smiled and showed a place, where two teeth used to be   And I heard her, ask her mom   If she could come outside and play with me      We became as one and   Had a love without beginning or an end   And every day she lived with me   Was like a new day dawning once again      And I've loved her since   Every doll was Shirley Temple   Soda pop was still a nickel   Jam was on her fingertips   Milk was circled on her lips      After many years our love grew silent   And at night I heard her cry   When she left me in the fall   I knew, that it would be our last goodbye      I was man enough to give her everything   She needed for a while   But in searching for a perfect love   I found that I could not give her a child      And I've loved her since   Every doll was Shirley Temple   Soda pop was still a nickel   Jam was on her fingertips   Milk was circled on her lips