Chance allowed us to meet

But when all is said and done

It wasn't meant to be

Although we had such fun

The recollection of times we shared

I know our lives have changed

The memories remain

My carefree lover

[Chorus]

She was a girl I knew (I knew) back then (back then)

Way back when there were no cares (no cares) in my world (in my world)

She was my friend (my friend)

My carefree lover

It seems we were in love so free

But nothing never seems the way it used to be before

There'll be no other

She will be my one and only carefree lover

She will be my only one

We talk the night through until dawn

Impassioned by our thoughts and spending time alone

You never would drive home

Until the birds would sing the morning had arrived

And how I reminisce the best days of our lives

My carefree lover

[Chorus]

She was a girl I knew (I knew) back then (back then)

Way back when there were no cares (no cares) in my world (in my world)

She was my friend (my friend)

My carefree lover

It seems we were in love so free

But nothing never seems the way it used to be before

There'll be no other

She will be my one and only carefree lover

She will be my only one

She was a girl I knew back then

Way back when there were no cares in my world

She was my friend

My carefree lover

It seems we were in love so free

But nothing never seems the way it used to be before

There'll be no other

She will be my one and only carefree lover

She was a girl I knew back then (she will be my only one)

Way back when there were no cares (no cares) in my world (in my world)

She was my friend

My carefree lover