Firstly, let me state that I have never dated, kissed or even gotten a number from any woman named Kerri Ann. I chose the name because I like the alliterative nature of 'How are you keeping, Kerri Ann?'. That's not to say that the women I know named Kerri Ann are not lovely people, they are. It's just that this song is...ah forget it, let's move on, shall we?
This song is based on the time-tested ideas of 'What if' and 'The one who got away'. The poor clueless bastard who is narrating this tale is both deluded and stuck in time. He transfers a brief drunken moment into a relationship that is destined to be. Of course he tries to pick it up twenty years later, after a lifetime of bad decisions and shady dealings. But he always has been a charming rogue and figures his quick wit and crooked smile will get him the girl, like it always has in the past. Little does he realize that time moves on, people grow up and unmoored ships have a funny habit of drifting away.
Big props to my son Everett who was just off camera, happily sitting in his Bumbo and singing backup.
(click through for lyrics)
At a time when things were
much more simple, at a time when we both were alone
I had too much to drink as
usual, you offered me a ride home
On the front steps of my
apartment I kissed you once as we held hands
Well I tell you Kerri Ann,
I would’ve done things different
If I’d known it would be
my only chance
How are you keeping Kerri
Ann? It’s been awhile, yes it’s true
Funny how the years that
have been so bad to me, well they sure been good to you
Oh how are you keeping
Kerri Ann?
Flipping through and old
photo album, full of faces from my checkered past
I could name less than
half of them, care-free memories fading fast
But your face is one that
I won’t forget, it holds a special place inside my mind
Is it just me Kerri Ann,
in one sided idle dreaming, or do you think of me from time to time
Oh how are you keeping
Kerri Ann?
It was an innocent
schoolboy crush, one that I never quite outgrew
I never lost hope for the
two of us, but all my roads led me straight away from you
Fast forward twenty-odd
years later, at a wedding of an old neighborhood friend
Outside the church I was
waiting for you, to see if sparks could fly again
You introduced me to your
husband and showed me pictures of your kids
Well I hugged you Kerri
Ann, and then I made a quiet exit, these foolish words dying on my lips
How are you keeping Kerri
Ann? It’s been awhile, yes it’s true
Funny how the years that
have been so bad to me, well they sure been good to you
Oh how are you keeping
Kerri Ann?
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