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If I could write, I'd tell you how much I miss these nights
Where we dig around the bones, try to find peace and patches for the holes
I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
Corner boys told her how I was dying to meet her
Like a prayer I said, on a dead man's knee
You drove up like a parade
You and your high top sneakers and your sailor tattoos
Your old '55 that you drove through the roof
Of the sky, up above these indifferent stars
Where you just kept coming apart, straight in my arms
And I miss her sometimes
Shaking like a leaf on the corner of Vine
But I heard it's all right
The radio spoke to a good friend of mine
And I could feel it coming up as the nights getting warm
Saw your summer dress hanging on the back of the lawn
Like a dream I remember from an easier time
With the top rolled down on a Saturday night
You and your high top sneakers and your sailor tattoos
Your old '55 that you drove through the roof
Of the sky, up above these indifferent stars
Where you just kept coming apart, straight in my arms
Right in my arms
And I always dreamed of classic cars and movie screens
Trying to find someway to be redeemed
Bring a dollar with you, baby, in the cold, cold ground
You and your high top sneakers and your sailor tattoos
Your old '55 that you drove through the roof
Of the sky, up above these indifferent stars
Where you just kept coming apart, straight in my arms
You fell straight in my arms
Where we dig around the bones, try to find peace and patches for the holes
I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
Corner boys told her how I was dying to meet her
Like a prayer I said, on a dead man's knee
You drove up like a parade
Your old '55 that you drove through the roof
Of the sky, up above these indifferent stars
Where you just kept coming apart, straight in my arms
Shaking like a leaf on the corner of Vine
But I heard it's all right
The radio spoke to a good friend of mine
And I could feel it coming up as the nights getting warm
Saw your summer dress hanging on the back of the lawn
Like a dream I remember from an easier time
With the top rolled down on a Saturday night
Your old '55 that you drove through the roof
Of the sky, up above these indifferent stars
Where you just kept coming apart, straight in my arms
Right in my arms
Trying to find someway to be redeemed
Bring a dollar with you, baby, in the cold, cold ground
Your old '55 that you drove through the roof
Of the sky, up above these indifferent stars
Where you just kept coming apart, straight in my arms
You fell straight in my arms
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lowapr On Jun 26, 2008
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"Baby darling, we will be, in the cold cold ground." is wrong.
It's "Bring a dollar with you, baby, in the cold, cold ground." That's an homage to Tom Waits, and his song "Cold Cold Ground". Just one of several homages and references that Fallon makes in his songs.
ikickedagirl - I suspect that driving a car through the roof of the sky up above indifferent stars is not supposed to be interpreted literally.
Great song, seems like a lament on a girl he once knew.
There's a WB Yeats poem (A Dream of Death) that mentions "the indifferent stars above," which is why I always assumed the lyric here was "indifferent". The idea, I guess, being that our actions have no bearing on the greater scheme of the universe. Or something.
It is for sure not "glimmering/glittering" at all. I'm pretty sure its "different". And the line "Baby darling, we will be, in the cold cold ground" should be "Bring a dollar with you baby, in the cold cold ground" it's a line out of a Cold Cold Ground by Tom Waits.
it's "indifferent stars" according to the lyrics sheet that came with the vinyl.
absolutely brilliant album.
Saw them the other night, and instead of the "Bring a dollar with you, baby," line, he went with "You don't have to deal with the dealers. Let your boyfriend deal with the dealers. It only gets inconvenient, when you wanna get high alone." Stellar. The Hold Steady rules.
There's a line which says the nights get warm, which sounds very similar to a Springsteen lyric from "Atlantic City" which goes "put on your stockings babe, the nights get cold..." if gaslight anthem didn't have such a clear connection with springsteen, I wouldn't have thought about it, but even this song has allusions to Jersey Girl, which Springsteen Covered from Tom Waits quite famously, so I thought it would be fitting to throw that out there and see if anyone else made the connection
The "lit a cigarette on a parking meter" line is a reference to Bob Dylan's Talking World War III Blues.
The "lit a cigarette on a parking meter" line is a reference to Bob Dylan's Talking World War III Blues.
One of Dylan's best songs, in my opinion. Works so well in this song.
One of Dylan's best songs, in my opinion. Works so well in this song.
I can't figure out what he's saying before "stars" either, it's really annoying me
Shimmiring
Shimmiring
It's glittering stars for most. In the first line it's 'Glimmering' stars though.
i agree about it not being glittering or glimmering, not sure what it is, different sounds the closest but its hard to make out