The Best Thing - from Carly's debut album - 1971 I was his foreigner And he was mine We ate on terraces And drank the cheapest wine And he believed in me Down by the serpentine How was I to know It was the best thing To come along for a long time I turned the page And saw three children with smiles I looked to see What I could make of the youngest child And as she blew the candles out She turned five How was I to know It was the best thing To come along for a long time What do the people at the end of the world do About time? What about time? Oh oh oh oh.... What do the people at the end of the world do About time? What about time? Their secret sleeps with me How was I to know It was the best thing To come along for a long time How was I to know It was the best thing To come along for a long time