Saturday, June 20, 2009

"I don't want to say it's breaking my heart / And I don't know where to start..."

    image via wanderlust

    "Straight Lines" by Dawn Landes is such a pretty song sung by such a pretty girl. The song is so light and summery, but the lyrics are wistful and carry a nostalgia for childhood that makes the song just a little bit heartbreaking (and how can you not love a folky song that mentions a BMX bike?). I'll be singing this all summer...


    video via youtube

    "Straight Lines"

    Remember when we were young
    How you asked everyone to marry you
    All of those songs we sung
    Changing all the words you used to make the heroine die
    Why?

    Remember when we were right
    God threw his darts at stars in the night
    I had a kite
    You had a trampoline and a BMX bike
    You didn't even like

    I don't want to say it's breaking my heart
    And I don't know where to start
    Old friends are falling apart
    Time like the name of a man
    Covered and we both can whine
    I miss the straight, straight lines

    The old times

    Remember when we got caught
    Dirty hands and make-believe drugs
    We never got
    Give me all your money
    Bank robbers and cowboy cops
    Make-believe rocks

    Remember when we held hands
    Red rover and marching band
    You had a tan
    Staying outside that long's gonna make you man
    Never going back, never going back again

    I don't want to say it's breaking my heart
    And I don't know where to start
    Old friends are falling apart
    Time like the name of a man
    Covered and we both can whine
    I miss the straight, straight lines

    The old times
    The old times
    Remember when we were young
    Remember when we were young

    (found the lyrics here)
    Source URL: https://jimhensons.blogspot.com/2009/06/don-want-to-say-it-breaking-my-heart.html
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