Shakedown 1979, cool kids never have the time
On a live wire right up off the street
You and I should meet
June bug skipping like a stone
With the headlights pointed at the dawn
We were sure we'd never see an end to it all
And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues
And we don't know just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below
Double cross the vacant and the bored
They're not sure just what we have in store
Morphine city slippin' dues, down to see
That we don't even care, as restless as we are
We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts
And poured cement, lamented and assured
To the lights and towns below
Faster than the speed of sound
Faster than we thought we'd go, beneath the sound of hope
Justine never knew the rules
Hung down with the freaks and ghouls
No apologies ever need be made
I know you better than you fake it, to see
That we don't even care to shake these zipper blues
And we don't know just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below
The street heats the urgency of now
As you see there's no one around
On a live wire right up off the street
You and I should meet
June bug skipping like a stone
With the headlights pointed at the dawn
We were sure we'd never see an end to it all
And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues
And we don't know just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below
Double cross the vacant and the bored
They're not sure just what we have in store
Morphine city slippin' dues, down to see
That we don't even care, as restless as we are
We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts
And poured cement, lamented and assured
To the lights and towns below
Faster than the speed of sound
Faster than we thought we'd go, beneath the sound of hope
Justine never knew the rules
Hung down with the freaks and ghouls
No apologies ever need be made
I know you better than you fake it, to see
That we don't even care to shake these zipper blues
And we don't know just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below
The street heats the urgency of now
As you see there's no one around
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sorry to crass up your dad on balls analysis. you are wise beyond your years. enjoy. have fun : )
I have so much respect for your analysis of this song....
"Disillusioned teenager"?! ....no....
*Wise, insightful person* is more like it! Man, I wish there were more people like you in the world! ....I'm hoping that life hasn't driven you crazy in the years since you posted your comment, because each injustice we experience in life kills a little piece of us and if we're not strong enough, recapturing the optimism and desire to chase joy that we had in our younger years becomes so much more difficult. For some reason, I feel as though you'll be ok though, kid:)
It was hard to believe you were a teenager writing this.
I recently turned 27 and honestly the last 10 years have flown by and I've done nothing but plod along. Not to say I'm in a bad place but there are a lot of "mature" things I haven't done like buying houses and getting married and whatever most people do and I'm ok with that because amongst not doing all that I did a lot of things that the "child within myself" wanted to do.
There aren't many comments on the internet I remember but now whenever I hear 1979 again I will ALWAYS remember your comment and I may come back to read it from time to time. Good luck to you mate, stay the person you are because we need more of that in this world.
And then I thought to myself, well yeah, as you said, that's the feeling of being young. A feeling of reaching out into the dark, never knowing what might grab your hand.
You were a very wise kid, and someone I would have loved to be friends with when I was a teenager. High school was extremely difficult for me for various reasons, one of them being that I didn't know anyone my age who thought the way you did; who was anywhere near as wise and insightful as you were. My friends were all much older than I for this reason. It made me happy to read your comment and see that kids like you existed.
Wherever you are, I truly hope that you are content, and I hope that this song still moves you.
I was looking for a meaning to the term "zipper blues"; along with that I have found a very heartfelt and insightful breakdown of a song that is very special to me.
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