It happened just the other day It was like any other day She offered me a cigarette The saddest girl I've ever met I saw that she was not alright She said that she was in a fight And she was forced to take a hike So she became a hitchhiker Standing by the roadside Yeah, yeah I picked her up at the motorway She said she was on holiday I was heading for the coastline Only because it sounded fine Standing by the roadside ♪ Standing by the roadside Yeah, yeah We ran away and never said goodbye Hello, a new place, a new life She offered me a cigarette The saddest girl I've ever met Standing by the roadside