(Bud Reneau - Doyle Marsh)      When I noticed her the first time   I was outside running barefoot in the rain   She lived in the house next door   Her nose was pressed against the window pane.      When I looked at her 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.      Soon the days of sand and shovels   Gave way to the mysteries of life   Then I noticed she was changin'   And I looked at her through different eyes.      We became as one and knew   A love without beginning or an end   Everyday I lived with her 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 said that it would be our last goodbye.      I was man enough to give her everything   She needed for a home   In searching for a pefect love   I found that I could not give her a child.      Now she lives a quiet life   And is the mother of a little girl   Everytime I pass her house my thoughts   Go back into another world.      Because I see her little girl   Her nose is pressed against the window pane   She thinks I'm a lonely man   Who wants to come inside out of the rain.      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...