I never met you before  
I never heard your voice  
I never asked your favorite color  
I don’t now what your life was like  
If you got along with your mother  
Maybe you had a girlfriend or two  
I only knew you for a second  
But I will never, ever forget you

I know you had blue eyes  
I know you had green hair  
All spiked up like a punk  
Like they did in the 90s  
You wore a black leather jacket  
And a white t-shirt with a Harley-riding Iguana  
Pants all worn out  
Sneakers all banged up

The city crowd was thick  
I was lucky to pick you out  
Luck had nothing to do with you  
‘Cause they picked you out, too  
You were hard to miss

You didn’t see the car  
You didn’t see the gun  
All you saw was me  
You stopped just to look at me  
And you were still smiling  
Smiling when you died

Some people say  
There’s no such thing  
As love at first sight  
But I believe there is  
I felt it for a second

In case no one else did until then  
I want you to know  
For at least one second of your life  
Someone really cared  
I fell in love  
Then watched you go  
Carried away  
By New Years fireworks.

(c)2003