Tinted hair and painted lips polish on your fingertips I hardly knew it was you Shabby dress and worn out lock a shadow of the girl I love I hardly knew it was you You once said that you would have no one not no one will ever have you A life of hardship and disgrace I see it written on your face I hardly knew it was you [ fiddle ] Custom jewels and cheap perfume you're like a rose that's lost it's bloom I hardly knew it was you From the simple girl I knew you have changed dear doin' through I hardly knew it was you We could have lived our lives together but your heart had a mind all it's own What a pity what a shame I don't know who's to blame But I hardly knew it was you