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in the town of your youth, on some famous road or boulevard or lane, there's a lilac tree named after you. an unfamiliar child gets to see it bloom. he rides in his mother's car. it's as big as hell. and they're on theyre way. line 'em up to be replaced!
in the house lived a dog. not a healer or a saint. he's warm the house with his welcome wag. but in his howl, i'd hear him say, "i want to run away." where is he now? he left us alone. he has a new home. he's gone. what were you protecting us from anyway? line 'em up to be replaced!
my teacher in the second grade taught us the names of all the presidents and states. but after a summer away, she frogot ours. where is she now? with kids half our age. they can't know they're about to be wound and then let go. they wind you up and then let you go.
all my friends i can't wait to quit. who's the next one on the list? all my friends i can't wait to leave and i won't stand for it. i won't get used to it. follow me out the door.
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What a great song. I also believe that this is currently Aloha's only official music video. I think this is about temporary relationships.
no actually there's a "You've Escaped" video. check for it on youtube.
no actually there's a "You've Escaped" video. check for it on youtube.
this one is my favorite aloha song. i have always wondered what the real lyrics were and when i saw that it's "line em up to be replaced" it works so much better than "i aint about to be replaced" like i thought it was. i love this song.
there seem to be several mistakes here, some of which affect the meaning of the song in small but significant ways. Here are the lyrics as I hear them:
In the town of your youth On some famous road Or boulevard or lane Or boulevard or lane There's a lilac tree Named after you An unfamiliar child Get's to see it bloom From his bedroom And he rides in his mother's car It's big as hell They're on their way Line em up to be replaced
In a house lived a dog Not a healer or saint He'd warm the house with his welcome wag And in his howl I'd hear him say "I won't run away" But where is he now? He left us alone He has a new home Oh yeah, a new home He's gone What were you protecting us from? What were you protecting us from anyway? Line em up to be replaced
Our teacher in the second grade She taught us all the names Of the presidents and states Of the presidents and states But after a summer away She forgot hours And where is she now? With kids half our age They can't know To be wound and then let go They wind you up then let you go
All my friends can’t wait to quit Who’s the next one on the list? All my friends can’t wait to leave and I I won’t stand for it I won’t get used to it
Follow me out the door
These still might not be 100% accurate but as far as I can tell they are closer than what's been posted.
sorry, "ours" instead of "hours" in the third verse
Yeah, "our's" as in "our names" in reference to the "She taught us all the names" line above it. The lyrics submitted are actually the ones printed in the booklet, although he has a tendency to change them slightly on occasion and add things on. I actually like "I won't run away" better than "I want to run away" because it makes more sense to the rest of the verse, but that's not what the booklet says, and you can hear two syllables in that line on the recording instead of the one for "won't". The lesson: Buy Aloha's CD's and stop just downloading their tracks!
oh mon dieu. ces paroles sont si étonnants!! i love this song.
Great lyrics. Describes perfectly what it feels like to move away or just lose all of your friends. Just excellent.