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My first lover
My first lover
He was tall and breezy
With his long hair down
But he gets a little hazy
When I think of him now
My first lover
My first lover
He was always talkin'
Trying to bring me down
But I was not waiting
For a white wedding gown
From my first lover
I do not remember
Any going wrong
Just a red car playing
That old Steve Miller song
"Quicksilver Girl"
"Quicksilver Girl"
At a surfing party
With a red skateboard
With a bottle of Rolling
I was on the floor
When my first lover
My first lover
I do not remembers
Any fights or fits
Just a shaky morning
After calling it quits
When my first lover
"Quicksilver Girl"
"Quicksilver Girl"
"Quicksilver Girl"
And she's free
My first lover
He was tall and breezy
With his long hair down
But he gets a little hazy
When I think of him now
My first lover
My first lover
He was always talkin'
Trying to bring me down
But I was not waiting
For a white wedding gown
From my first lover
I do not remember
Any going wrong
Just a red car playing
That old Steve Miller song
"Quicksilver Girl"
"Quicksilver Girl"
At a surfing party
With a red skateboard
With a bottle of Rolling
I was on the floor
When my first lover
My first lover
I do not remembers
Any fights or fits
Just a shaky morning
After calling it quits
When my first lover
"Quicksilver Girl"
"Quicksilver Girl"
"Quicksilver Girl"
And she's free
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smallwonderrobot On Sep 17, 2006
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I have trouble with this one: is it a song about an emotionally abusive boyfriend, a drunken one-time hookup that cost the narrator her virginity, or is the "lover" a metaphor for alcohol?
I don't think this song is metaphorical at all -- it sounds autobiographical to me, like another of my favorite Welch songs, "Wrecking Ball" (not to be confused with the Miley Cyrus hit, lol).
I don't think this song is metaphorical at all -- it sounds autobiographical to me, like another of my favorite Welch songs, "Wrecking Ball" (not to be confused with the Miley Cyrus hit, lol).
I think it's literally about her first lover. It's impressionistic, which is powerful in this context, because that's how adolescent memories look from adulthood: her strongest memories of him are his height, his long hair, and a Steve Miller song. Not necessarily a story of abuse or regret, just a rite of passage seen through the haze of the time that's passed since.
I think it's literally about her first lover. It's impressionistic, which is powerful in this context, because that's how adolescent memories look from adulthood: her strongest memories of him are his height, his long hair, and a Steve Miller song. Not necessarily a story of abuse or regret, just a rite of passage seen through the haze of the time that's passed since.
Beautifully rendered. I...
Beautifully rendered. I love the hard-edged banjo in this one, and I love how she's able to use her adopted Appalachian vernacular to explore hard truths with honesty.
I'm pretty sure this is a straightforward account of Gillian's first lover, apparently a manipulative surfer jerk she met as a student at UC Santa Cruz.
Love the "Quicksilver Girl" reference.