Title of song: That Was My Girl
Artist: Funkadelic
Title of album: America Eats Its Young
Year of first release: 1972
It is widely considered one of the weaker songs on a very weak and uneven album.
Songwriters: George Clinton, Sidney Barnes[?]
Memorable Lyrics:
- "Unlike a deck of cards where there's four of a kind/There's only one of her and she's all mine"
- "As rare as a mink with yellow fur/You'll find one of them before you find one of her"
Complete lyrics at the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/lyrics_funkadelic/lyr-ameats.html#lyr-s-mygirl)
This is a sugary sweet love song, in which the singer describes his former girl, a beautiful woman who could always "drive the fellas wild."
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