I've got the world on a string   I keep it wrapped around my neck   Living on the street of dreams   Just got my notice to evict   These days I only see the sunset through my rearview mirror   And the objects of my life are further than they once appeared      But there's this girl, there's this girl   There's this girl, there's this girl   This girl who guides me through the pain   And puts me on my feet again   There's this girl, there's this girl, there's this girl      Seems like I've been having one of those days   Since sometime back in 1998   And a turnaround is surely on the way   Or maybe that's me spinning down the drain   And I suppose my woes are only momentary stains   Just one foot in the door and all my worries wash away      'Cause there's this girl, there's this girl   There's this girl, there's this girl   This girl's my private Avalon   An island miles from all that's wrong   There's this girl, there's this girl, there's this girl      There's this girl   The rescue from the pessimist avalanche   There's this girl   Who loves her bitter victim of circumstance      'Cause there's this girl, there's this girl   There's this girl, there's this girl   This girl whose eyes can light my way   Through the haze that fills my day   There's this girl, there's this girl, there's this girl