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San Francisco Lyrics
Choking on the thought of leaving,
Drinking to keep from sobbing
4pm, 4 dollar pints - SFO - the time and price.
With all my happiness aborted, the PA painfully starts boarding
I sink deep - 30 thousand feet into my window seat - electric chair
and I was drinking you goodbye
A heart floats in the bay
From sour home Chicago
I hear it beating far away
There's no telling what I'll do
If I don't return to you.
Hopeful thoughts of soon returning,
can't put out my stomach burning.
Plastic wings and plastic smiles
Unsalted peanuts stretch my miles.
Choking on the thought of leaving,
Drinking to keep from heaving
5pm 5 dollar pints - Hellbound Airlines - time and price.
and I was drinking you goodbye
A heart floats in the bay
From sour home Chicago
I hear it beating far away
There's no telling what I'll do
If I don't return to you.
I was drinking you goodbye
A heart floats in the bay
From sour home Chicago
I hear it beating far away
There's no telling what I'll do
If I don't return to you.
After watching The Making Of Goddamnit last night (I started to get back into Alkaline Trio and two days ago I realised I wanted Goddamnit so I bought the limited edition one yesterday) I found out the song was about when Matt went to visit a friend in San Francisco and, fell in love with the city.. He wrote the song whilst drinking in the airport :)
Also; I'm in love with San Francisco even though I've not been there..
Great band! sorry for my bad spelling
Funny thing is the first time I listened to this song was in an airport on my way to college leaving all my friends and a girlfriend behind. I didn't get a window seat though.
my first Alk3 song.... had it stuck in my head for a good week. To stop that running through my head i bought From Here to Infirmary... and now i can't live without my daily dose of trio.... these boys are great!!!
great 'homesick' song.
one of my fave alk3 songs...
one of my fave alk3 songs...
A great song.... Its hard to decipher though. It could either be he's saying goodbye permanently to a gf b-cause she cheated or something and he doesnt want to come to grips with it, or he's leaving for a long time and misses her
I don't hink this is abou a person. The title suggests to me that it's about the place as no specific relationship or person. So my guess is, he's singing about San Francisco.
such an awesome song, the lyrics(as with all A3 songs) are so powerful. and i do think its about a girl, a girl that he loves but cant be with. and without her he is lost "There's no telling what I'll do/ If I don't return to you." and all he wants is to be with her, is that so much to ask.
it's obviously about san francisco. and matt skiba moved from chicago to berkeley which is just across the bay from san francisco.