Lyrics:

Pre-You

By: Jimmy Buffett, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter

1988

I was standing in an elevator in San Diego listening to two sailors talking. One had just returned from his honeymoon where he had run into his ex on the beach. The other sailor asked 'What did you do?' and the first sailor replied 'After she left I told my new wife that 'she was pre-you', and it worked.'

Mysterious lost weekends in a land where time stands still

Where people fall in love again just for one more thrill

My girl and I went walkin' by the Caribbean Sea

Someone snorkeled by, raised her head up high

And my girl said, 'Who's she?'



Chorus:

Pre-you

A friend of mine who's old not new

Pre-you

She's just another girl that I once knew

Pleasant smile, a pretty face

Another time, another place

Pre-you

What's a guy supposed to do



We'll blame it on the weather and the stars that shine above

For bringing us together and filling us with love

So don't you fret my lady 'cause what we have is strong

Let her swim away, out into the bay

Your place is here with me

She's pre-you



(sax solo)



Long ago we were close but the fire went out

She's a tease can't you tell that's what she's all about

Like an old broken clock on the wall she's got nothin' to say

She was long ago

She's so yesterday



Chorus:

She's pre-you

She's just a friend so don't be blue

Pre-you

Only yesterday just passin' through

Another page in history

Steppin' stone for you and me



Pre-you

Pre-you

Pre-you