girl with a fever she s hot to the touch looks so fragile to the rest of us she s gone gone gone gone gone gone long gone blue cotton dress and the soft blonde hair waking up wondering how i d ever got there she s gone gone gone gone gone gone long gone we used to count the hours we d be kissing watch the beads of sweat drip on my body s glistening once we were sleeping under the desert sky dreaming of leaving on the fourth of july she s gone gone gone gone gone gone long gone slip the postcard addressed to me sunset fading on a cactus tree she s gone gone gone gone gone gone long gone yeah we used to count the hours we d be kissing watch the beads of sweat drip on my body s glistening girl with a fever she s hot to the touch looks so fragile to the rest of us she s gone gone gone gone gone gone long gone yeah she s gone gone gone gone gone gone long gone she s gone gone gone gone gone gone long gone yeah