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I, I would have walked the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
Well, first I'd go to the room where they keep the Cezanne
But if I had by my side a girlfriend
Then I could look through the paintings
I could look right through them
Because I'd find something that I understand
I understand a girlfriend
That's a girl
Said G-I-R-L-F-R-E-N
That's a girlfriend, baby
That's something that I understand
Alright
I walk through the Fenway, I have my heart in my hands
I understand a girlfriend
That's a girl friend
Oh that's a G-I-R-L-F-R-E-N
Well that's a girlfriend, baby
That's something that I understand
Four o'clock in the afternoon in the Fenway
I have my heart in my hands.
I understand a girlfriend
That's a girlfriend
That's a G-I-R-L-F-R-E-N
That's a girlfriend, oh baby,
Oh that's something that I understand
Well, first I'd go to the room where they keep the Cezanne
But if I had by my side a girlfriend
Then I could look through the paintings
I could look right through them
Because I'd find something that I understand
I understand a girlfriend
That's a girl
Said G-I-R-L-F-R-E-N
That's a girlfriend, baby
That's something that I understand
Alright
I understand a girlfriend
That's a girl friend
Oh that's a G-I-R-L-F-R-E-N
Well that's a girlfriend, baby
That's something that I understand
I have my heart in my hands.
I understand a girlfriend
That's a girlfriend
That's a G-I-R-L-F-R-E-N
That's a girlfriend, oh baby,
Oh that's something that I understand
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It's "If I were to walk through the Museum" and "I'd have found something that I understand"
I. Love. This. Song. The guitar solo is lovely. The imagery is charming. I love that he spells girlfriend the way he pronounces it. I love the idea of understanding love and art going together..or rather not worrying that one doesn't understand art because they now understand love. It's adorable and makes me want to go to Boston terribly.
suck it, freud.
I completely agree with you, jessieagogo! Excellent song!
i love that there's no id in girlfriend.
This song is so cute. I want a girlfriend too, Johnny. Me too.
My favourite Modern Lovers song. I used to be your GIRLFREN at one time.. and then things changed... and got weird......but you still have space in my heart.
This is a quibble, but "Fenway" is one word and refers to the historic baseball stadium in Boston.
Those words, "A girlfriend/that's something that I understand" - they feel like such a deep expression of love. But why? Well, because love never can be explained logically. Love is an intuitive thing, traditionally the domain of poets, but ultimately something which we all understand on a gut level. Here he has pared it down to a single common word: "Girlfriend." That's punk poetry at its best. This song really captures the feeling of how everything seems to make such simple, perfect sense when you're in love.