Well, there's no sun that can penetrate these sunroofs   There's no filter that can purify this air   And there's no scars on our hands from one day's labor   We all think that we're alive   We start to die before we ever know better      And I love a girl who lived a hundred years ago   She never cries and always says, "Excuse me."   Sometimes I think that she's the only girl I know   She's why the book is always better than the movie      She said, "A farmer's life is too hard for a woman."   But she loved him, so she married him that spring   She said, "Darling, I won't promise to obey you."   He said, "I wouldn't want a woman who would promise not to try to know better."   No      And I love a girl who lived a hundred years ago   She'll never have to tactfully refuse me   Sometimes I think that she's the only girl I know   She's why the book is always better than the movie      I love a girl who lived a hundred years ago   She's the purity that always will elude me   Sometimes I think that she's the only girl I know   She's why the book is always better than the movie   Because the book is always better than the movie