met a woman named Elizabeth Reed when she was in her early 20's. she had never heard of this song, she got married and changed her last name, and she is still alive so perhaps this song doesn't apply, but i want to post it anyway.
angie is a fantastic song but it's really hard for me to listen to it.
i was in 8th or 9th grade and had a crush on a girl named angie who was a year or two older than me. she was part of the 'dangerous' crowd that skipped classes behind the gym and smoked cigarettes. her look totally reminded me of debbie harry, who was super popular at the time. we had several back alley heavy kissing and touching sessions on our walks home from school. pretty sure there were a couple of times my hands made it up the back of her shirt and under her bra strap, and i may have copped a feel in front through her jeans but i don't remember. in retrospect we both were just exploring what it meant to be alone with each other while in your early teens.
in the next couple of years angie got caught up with an older crowd, started smoking wack, and pretty much fell off the face of the earth.