I Saw You

by Arab Strap

From the album: Ten Years of Tears

Track 5 of 20 on Ten Years of Tears (2006).

Duration: 3:35

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Lyrics for I Saw You

It must have been at least Three years ago I had a crush on this girl I didn't know I thought it was a good idea at the time But I was pissed I tried to find her By sending an ad into 'The List' It was free 'cause they'd just started this Brand new section First I passed it on To my old friend Denise for her inspection It said: "I Saw You twice and both times You were wearing orange And she told you I fancied you In the toilets at the garage" There was never a reply Perhaps it didn't astound her That's assuming she ever saw it but I think I've found her I thought it could've been her in a club on Saturday night. She Was a couple of tables away And I thought it might be But I was far too drunk So an approach was out of the question But this guy Stuart had sent us tickets to see his band Belle & Sebastian. We went along thoroughly drunk, stopped For a post-gig "Hello". And I think the girl I was looking for is friends with the girl who Plays the cello I think she's coming to see us When we play And every time we meet I've got Nothing to say She probably thinks I'm cute She maybe thinks I'm gay She's probably got a boyfriend anyway I remember the first time that I saw her I was completely in awe I thought, well that's the kind of girl that I Would like to be my squaw And if I could ever be The kind of brave that she would choose We'd travel plains with our little baby Turned in its little pappoose She started seeing me in a public bar My bird was in the bog When she returned she said that she would Like to give that girl a snog And two weeks later we split up And a new lover I was seeking And when I see that girl again I'm just Never up for speaking I think she's coming to see us When we play And every time we meet I've got Nothing to say She probably thinks I'm cute She maybe thinks I'm gay She's probably got a boyfriend anyway

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  1. Preface: Set the Scene
  2. Islands - Original 1995 Demo
  3. The First Big Weekend
  4. Gilded - Live
  5. I Saw You
  6. The Clearing
  7. Packs of Three - Peel Session
  8. (Afternoon) Soaps
  9. Rocket, Take Your Turn
  10. To All a Good Night
  11. Turbulence - Bis Remix Radio Edit
  12. The Shy Retirer
  13. Blood - Live
  14. If There's No Hope for Us - Rogue Version
  15. Where We've Left Our Love
  16. The Girl I Loved Before I Fucked
  17. Oxytocin
  18. There Is No Ending
  19. It'a a Heartache
  20. Bon Voyage