you got lost in transit somewhere by a train station you lost your bag and your coat and your shoes and your hat and you re umbrella everything but you ve still got something to hide every time i see you i know your daddy didn t treat you real good neither did your ma as a kid you had to sister couldn t care baby brother was never much help to you oh but you you battled on you battled through maybe you hurt some people too and i was one of them yeah i meant something to you once once i meant something to ya i meant something to ya one time oh you moved on moved up moved out moved over to the next town i don t hear from you no more last thing i heard from an old friend say you found a job helping people doing your thing doing pretty well for yourself but i know you always wanted to play in a band singing your tunes singing those songs getting up front with the crowd yeah what happened to those dreams those ideas of fame and fortune glory and tears and all of that good stuff what happened to it i wanna know cause i meant something to you once yeah i meant something to you once i meant something to you once i meant something to ya oh i meant something to ya one time i meant something to ya oh i meant something to ya i meant something to ya one time one time i meant something to ya i meant something to ya one time mmm i meant something to ya