Lisa, oh Lisa
I wrote you a letter today
Lisa, oh Lisa
I had so much i wanted to say
So
I got a paper and I got a pen
I started to write,
I started again
And I wrote you a letter
of goodbye
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh...
Lisa, this hurts me
Just as much as it hurts you
And Lisa, I'm sorry
But this is something I gotta do
Even though I love you and my heart stays
My feet start moving and I gotta obey
Oh Lisa, this letter means goodbye
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh...
Oh Lisa, try to understand
Lisa, I'm a restless man
I got a ramble, i gotta roam
I can't have a house and home
Lisa, forget me
Though it hurts you've gotta try
Promise me, Lisa
Promise me that you won't cry
Oh, I'll think of
you when the spring is here
I'll remember in the autumn of the year
Lisa, I love you but I gotta move on
Please understand, oh Lisa
Comentarios: Canción compuesta por Simon bajo el seudónimo de Jerry Landis. Cara B de “The Lone Teen Ranger”.
Se trata de una balada muy de los años 50 con ecos de doo-wop, donde se nota la influencia de artistas como Roy Orbison o The Everly Brothers. La instrumentación es sencilla, melódica y nostálgica, típica del pop pre-Beatles, con arreglos suaves y vocales limpias.
La canción trata sobre un joven que deja a una chica a la que ama —no por falta de amor, sino por una inquietud interior, por la necesidad de moverse, de “vagar”.