she had long legs long hair and a long history and the very first time i saw that girl she said this to me we've got to live we've got to learn we've got tonight i'm not saying i will but you know i just might so we sat and talked and shared our cheap philosophies she asked me if i wanted her and i said please i wrestled with her body i wrestled with her mind you know sometimes what you're looking for is not what you find don't ask me why i love a girl so strange i know the reasons but the reasons change you'll never understand this mystery but she makes perfect sense to me she's making jokes while she's making love she's making money but she's not making enough she's making me believe what i can't see and she's making me be just what she wants me to be she moved into my house with her chimpanzee she made the bed she made a scene she made a mess of me and all the time i feel like i'm inside some game i knew her deepest secrets but i didn't know her name don't ask me why i love a girl so strange i know the reasons but the reasons change you'll never understand this mystery but she makes perfect sense to me she said she'd be with me forever and a day then she bought herself a one way ticket to L.A. i get a postcard every now and then she loved me like a rollercoaster my friend don't ask me why i love a girl so strange i know the reasons but the reasons change you'll never understand this mystery but she makes perfect sense to me don't ask me why i love a girl so strange i know the reasons but the reasons change you'll never understand this mystery but she makes perfect sense to me