She Was Real

It was cold, and it was dar-ark, when I stopped my Yamaha-a
When I looked down at my road map, I thought I'd gone too far-ar
It was one of those Autumn nights, pitch black, with a mist in the air-air
When you can't see anything close up, but you know there's someone there-ere

So I pulled out my flashlight, and I shone it in the ni-ight
I heard a voice calling softly, and I caught her in the li-ight
She was all dressed in jeans and leathers, she looked lost and afrai-aid
And she whispered, can you help me, I must have lost my way

And she was real, my heart did a somersault, she was real, she came near
I said hey-ey, you gave me quite a turn, just what the hell are you doin' out here-ere?
She was real, she said, I don't remember, she was real, she looked at me-ee
So I said, where do you want to go? She said, I live by the sea-ea
And she was real, I swear she was real

Ooh, well, I ain't no Greek statue, but she was somethin' to be see-een
She had this long dark hair, eyes like a cat, she was no more than ninetee-een
You see, I didn't think it right to a-ask, just why she was was all alo-one
I just took it to be boyfriend trouble, so I said, I'll take you ho-ome

She was real, she gave me her address, or else I wouldn't be here-ere
She was real, she climbed up on the back of my bike, and she showed no fear-ear
She was real, soft, she put her arms around me, she was real, she held on tight
And she was real when we shouted our conversation, as we thundered through the night
Faster, she was real, I swear she was real...

It was rainin', and the mist was comin in, she looked at me, she said hey
I want to get home fast, I told her I'd do my best
And when I asked her out next Saturday, God help me, she said yes
And the wind was snatchin' our voices away, but I felt good insi-ide
There was me and Suzy ridin' out there, just bursting with pride, feelin' good
She was real when I took the roundabout, just as real as the wind in my hair
She was real, I turned to look at her, and my God, she wasn't there
She was real, she told me her na-ame, I went shoutin' out the same
I went stumblin' through the undergrowth, screamin' like a man in pain
My God, she must have fallen off, but I swear I didn't feel her fa-all
I went lookin', searchin', lookin', and then I gave the cops a call...
And the cops came, and found nothin'

It was sunrise, when they got there, nine a.m. when the searchin' broke
I guess it must have been the look on my face, that told 'em it weren't no joke
So I gave them Suzy's address, and they took me 'round there in the car-ar
I just wanted to go with them, I couldn't face my Yamaha

And Suzy's mother answered, she had Suzy's hair-air and Suzy's eye-eyes
And when I told her what had happened, she just broke down and she cri-ied
And she told me I was cruel and heartless, to tease an old lady so
And she told me, Suzy died on that roundabout, twelve years ago

But she was real, there's a photo on the fireplace, dated nineteen-sixty-fi-ive
But she was real, she was on the back of my bike, she was soft, she was ali-ive
I swear she was real, I ain't goin' crazy-y, I touched her and she touched me
So I guess I'll get on back to that roundabout, she's waitin' there-ere for me-ee
She's waitin', She's real, I swear she is real
She was real, she was real, I ain't crazy
She was real, she was real, I ain't crazy...