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