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all the cities in the world
and so very little time and
so many different girls...
all you have to do is find them
there's a wealth of opportunity you plan your trips accordingly
a pity but the pretty ones are usually more touristy
say how'd you like to run away from these machines?
everywhere the spies are printing out your dreams
seven stops in seven different countries
seven page itineraries memories thick as bloody marys jesus jospeh bloody hell
right now were here in boston
in love with downtown crossing
new york will still be there in the morning
come back to bed my darling
four years thrown away on vows we never kept
forty-five minutes every day religiously devoted to regret
time we could have spent on medication thrown away on education
and we planned to take a trip to scotland but we never made it
how'd you like to run away from these machines?
i had julians and steves
you had julias and jeanette s
you wear your terror on your sleeve for all the men i haven't met (yet)
i had oliver in potsdam you had elanor in amsterdam
we're keeping track so carefully we've missed the state we're in completely
honestly your foot is out the door and i've got scores of offers elsewhere and keep both
feet planted firmly in the air
and tomorrow you can totally erase me from your mind but trust me everything is fine
because
right now we're here in boston
in my apartment in the south end
forget your year in london
come back to bed my darling
you can put the details in a letter
the more embarrassing the better
right now i can be happy if i choose to
i know that in the morning i will lose you....
and maybe you'll go mad
and maybe ill go gray
and pack up to berlin
or maybe it wont matter anyway
we'll find out that your mom was right and you'll admit you're really gay
and maybe ill wake up
in a city far away
or maybe we'll make up
and buy a house and have a couple kids and labrador and microwave
but anyway
right now we're here in boston
in eden where you almost pulled your pants down
don't worry who these jokes will all be lost on
come back to bed my darling
there is nothing in the world that we can count on
even that we will wake up is an assumption
but i know for a fact that i loved someone
and for about a year he lived in boston...
and so very little time and
so many different girls...
all you have to do is find them
there's a wealth of opportunity you plan your trips accordingly
a pity but the pretty ones are usually more touristy
say how'd you like to run away from these machines?
everywhere the spies are printing out your dreams
seven stops in seven different countries
seven page itineraries memories thick as bloody marys jesus jospeh bloody hell
in love with downtown crossing
new york will still be there in the morning
come back to bed my darling
forty-five minutes every day religiously devoted to regret
time we could have spent on medication thrown away on education
and we planned to take a trip to scotland but we never made it
how'd you like to run away from these machines?
i had julians and steves
you had julias and jeanette s
you wear your terror on your sleeve for all the men i haven't met (yet)
i had oliver in potsdam you had elanor in amsterdam
we're keeping track so carefully we've missed the state we're in completely
honestly your foot is out the door and i've got scores of offers elsewhere and keep both
feet planted firmly in the air
and tomorrow you can totally erase me from your mind but trust me everything is fine
because
right now we're here in boston
in my apartment in the south end
forget your year in london
come back to bed my darling
the more embarrassing the better
right now i can be happy if i choose to
i know that in the morning i will lose you....
and maybe ill go gray
and pack up to berlin
or maybe it wont matter anyway
we'll find out that your mom was right and you'll admit you're really gay
and maybe ill wake up
in a city far away
or maybe we'll make up
and buy a house and have a couple kids and labrador and microwave
but anyway
right now we're here in boston
in eden where you almost pulled your pants down
don't worry who these jokes will all be lost on
come back to bed my darling
there is nothing in the world that we can count on
even that we will wake up is an assumption
but i know for a fact that i loved someone
and for about a year he lived in boston...
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I think this song is about how both Amanda and the guy she was with often travel and have been with people from all over the world "seven stops in seven different countries" without considering the people in the place they live in "we're keeping track so carefully we've missed the state we're in completely ". I'm guessing that this guy has a problem with commitment and never stays in one place too long. Amanda tries to convince him to maybe settle down "or maybe we'll make up and buy a house and have a couple kids and labrador and microwave but anyway" but in the end he moves on "I know that in the morning I will lose you".
The part one to Truce.
perhaps an insight into amanda and brian's relationship itself? the touring aspect for one, - when shes listing off who they each had in different places it kinda sounds like they were both there in competition (but in saying that theres mention of another man who travels a lot in a lot of her songs which i'm sure wouldn't be brian). but just the feelings of coming back to eachother- the nights in eachother's beds pretending all the other dramas don't exist just for a little while- and bostons that place where they can pretend its all ok?
seems to line up with my perception of their relationship, but i may just be imposing my hopes onto it. maybe when they're old and grey and without shame completely they'll write an autobiography and we'll get to know what happened- and what songs like this are about.
Well this is definitely not the version on No, Virginia... but I think the lyrics on the album are incredibly powerful. I think she's in love with someone, but they fight a lot, particularly about people they've been with in the past and the fact that it seems he's busy and away all the time. She suspects that he cheats on her, but she doesn't care as long as she's with him. She doesn't even mind if he forgets her completely, as long as they can forget about everyone and everything else when they're together. Very emotionally complex, and musically built brilliantly.
If I say N I M B R F T O feeling fast enough, it sounds like "And I am bereft of feeling." I am possibly crazy.
If I say N I M B R F T O feeling fast enough, it sounds like "And I am bereft of feeling." I am possibly crazy.
Wow, dikee, I think you might be right, I would never have caught that!
Wow, dikee, I think you might be right, I would never have caught that!
Karma policeman, I don't thinks she suspects he cheats, it sounds like they both sleep around in an open relationship and throw their conquest in each other's face.
Karma policeman, I don't thinks she suspects he cheats, it sounds like they both sleep around in an open relationship and throw their conquest in each other's face.
Amanda said at their last show in NZ that this song is about that bit of a relationship before the "fuck you" hits when it's like "it's going to be over soon, isn't it?".
I LOVE Boston... great song...
i love boston. city and song.
where can i find this song?
"i had oliver in potsdam you had elanor in amsterdam"
In the version I have she says: You had Oliver in Postam, I had Elanor in Amsterdam"
"Fourty five minutes a day religiously devoted to regret"
I adore that line. I have at LEAST 45 minutes devoted to regret daily:P