Ralph McTell - The girl on the jersey ferry

^CRight from the start let's get^F one thing straight When it ^Ccomes to the heart you can't ^Flegislate ^AmFunny the things a fellow will remember^G sometimes ^CLike the scene from the movie^F Citizen Kane ^COne short moment with me ^Fremains ^AmFunny the things a fellow will remember ^Gsometimes ^CWhen Bernstein says now ^Fyou take me ^CStuck in my mind one ^Fmemory ^AmI was crossing over to Jersey on the^G ferry ^CAs we pulled out another ^Fferry pulled in ^CA second between them was ^Fall it could have been ^AmAnd on it was a girl waiting to get ^Goff ^CA white dress is what ^Gshe had on ^COne second later ^Fshe was gone ^AmShe never saw me at all,she carried a white^G parasol ^CThat was in eighteen ^Fninety six ^CAnd I bet a month hasn't ^Fgone by since That I ^Amhaven't thought of that girl on the Jersey^G ferry

^CNow it's nineteen ^Fforty one Nigh ^Chalf a century ^Fbeen and gone And I ^Amstill remember that girl with the white dress^G on A ^Cfleeting glimpse of ^Fchances missed ^CDestiny or ^Ffates cruel twist ^AmShe'd never even know that I exist, ^GHow about that ^CTime is the ticket and the ^Fyears the toll ^CDid I mention she carried a white ^Fparasol ^AmFunny the things a fellow will remember ^Gsometimes