Not long ago in my high school days I watched a girl from so far away And every time she pa**ed me by I turned my head away and quietly sighed And when she walked by her hair would dance A secret tango that only I could understand And if she asked me for the time of day I'd look her in the eyes and quietly say Oh, Kristina, Kristina Do you have any clue who I am? Hell no So listen up 'cause I'll tell you once And I'll explain myself the best that I can Woah, Kristina, Kristina You don't know me so I'll have to persist I'm kind of shy, so don't wonder why Kristina, she don't know I exist From cla** to cla**, I followed her But I swore I'd leave her undisturbed And if she ever stopped and turned around I got so nervous and I stared at the ground And then one day in photography I found a contact print that I could not believe And there she was starin' back at me
So I took her home so quietly Kristina, Kristina Do you have any clue who I am? Hell no So listen up 'cause I'll tell you once And I'll explain myself the best that I can Woah, Kristina, Kristina You don't know me so I'll have to persist I'm kind of shy, so don't wonder why Kristina, she don't know I exist 1-17-98 It's been a day that I've come to hate As I walked into the video store There she stood as my jaw fell to the floor Tapping her toe and waiting in line With a movie and another guy Why did I bother? Why did I care About this girl named Kristina Behr? Kristina, Kristina You'll never get to know who I am, your loss This is goodbye, so please don't cry And I'll let you down as softly as I can Kristina, Kristina Another name to cross off my list In another life, it could have been nice But Kristina, she won't know what she missed