Ed's Redeeming Qualities - Lighthouse lyrics

This is about the girl who lived by the lighthouse She was just a kid who wanted me to play with her I said that I was reading And I said that I was tired And I said that I had work to do And she handed me a shovel This is about the girl who lived by the lighthouse She was just a kid who pulled on my beachtowel She said she had no sisters And she said she had no brothers I said that she was lucky And she picked up a dead fish This is about the girl who lived by the lighthouse She sat next to me and built a lump of sand She said it was a castle And she said that we could live there And I said I had my own house And she said she burnt it down This is about the girl who lived by the lighthouse She asked me if we could go get some ice cream And I said I wasn't hungry But I gave her a dollar And she wrapped it very tightly And she bounced it off my forehead This is about the girl who lived by the lighthouse She jumped up to leave because she heard someone hollering She said it was her mother And that supper was on the table And she said she hated meatloaf And she left me by myself.