She lived with her parents just down the street
I always passed her house with running feet.
She sure wasn't my idea of a village queen
She was just a kid,while I was almost sixteen.
Now dont think I'm being mean
But she didnt need a mask on Haloween.

I remember times we would sit outside
When I seen her approaching I would try to hide.
Mom would say Wanda come sit with us
I would get so mad I wanted to cuss.
If I got up to leave Mom would make a fuss
Wanda always tried my hair to muss.

No doubt this girl was in love with me
Where ever I went there she would be.
When I got older and stopped for a burger and fries
I would see her watching me with her googly eyes.
When her parents moved I had to sigh
But inside I felt a little something die.

At seventeen there came the war.I went into the Army
And Wanda became a half forgotten memory.
But then  I learned about life and learned about love
When it came to girls I didnt need a shove.
Four years later with the help of God above
I came home too find Wanda waiting in the alcove

But this wasn't the Wanda I used to know
This Wanda was gorgeous from head to toe.
This girl wasn't the fourteen year old freak
This girl had the beauty of which poets speak.
She kissed me and my knees grew wobbly and weak
She had became the love that all men seek.

But the love she had was not to be
She said you never once wrote to me.
When I was young you couldnt understand
You were the life I had planned.
I waited for you as long as I can
I'm sorry,but tomorrow I marry another man.
~Elmer Ake~