I? m the official historian on Shirley Jean Berrell I? ve know her since God only knows and I won? t tell I caught her the first time she stumbled and fell And surely she knows me just as well I can tell you her birthday and her daddy? s middle name The uncles on her mama? s side and the once they don? t claim What she? s got for Christmas since 1952 And that? s only the beginning of the things I could tell you 'Cause I? m the official historian on Shirley Jean Berrell I? ve known her since God only knows and I won? t tell I caught her the first time she stumbled and fell And surely she knows me just as well I can tell you her favorite song and where she likes to park
And why to this very day she? s scared of the dark How she got her nickname and that scar behind her knee If there? s anything you need to know about Shirley just ask me I know where she? s ticklish and her every little quirk The funnies she don? t read and her number at work I know what she stands for and what she won? t allow The only thing that I don? t know is where she is right now But I? m the official historian on Shirley Jean Berrell I? ve know her since God only knows and I won? t tell I caught her the first time she stumbled and fell And surely she knows me just as well Oh, surely she knows me just as well