In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Let's you and me make our way just beyond Haight Street
Let's leave this life behind, forgetting all they say
The times we have (The times we have) is time well borrowed
Stay out all night (Stay out all night) forget tomorrow
Let's you and me make a night of it
Old enough to know, but too young to care
Let's you and me make a night of it
Old enough to know, but too young to care
The rear view mirror shows the towns we're abandoning
Let's leave this life behind, forgetting all they say
The times we have (The times we have) is time well borrowed
Stay out all night, forget tomorrow
Let's you and me make a night of it
Old enough to know, but too young to care
Let's you and me make a night of it
Old enough to know, but too young to care
(Who cares?) If there's trouble tonight
(Who cares?) 'cause the kids are alright
Tonight we'll take this town
'Cause we're old enough to know, but too young to care
Let's go
Let's you and me make a night of it
Old enough to know, but too young to care
Let's you and me make a night of it
Old enough to know, but too young to care
(Who cares?) If there's trouble tonight
(Who cares?) 'cause the kids are alright
Tonight we'll take this town
'Cause we're old enough to know, but too young to care
Let's leave this life behind, forgetting all they say
The times we have (The times we have) is time well borrowed
Stay out all night (Stay out all night) forget tomorrow
Let's you and me make a night of it
Old enough to know, but too young to care
Let's you and me make a night of it
Old enough to know, but too young to care
The rear view mirror shows the towns we're abandoning
Let's leave this life behind, forgetting all they say
The times we have (The times we have) is time well borrowed
Stay out all night, forget tomorrow
Let's you and me make a night of it
Old enough to know, but too young to care
Let's you and me make a night of it
Old enough to know, but too young to care
(Who cares?) If there's trouble tonight
(Who cares?) 'cause the kids are alright
Tonight we'll take this town
'Cause we're old enough to know, but too young to care
Let's go
Let's you and me make a night of it
Old enough to know, but too young to care
Let's you and me make a night of it
Old enough to know, but too young to care
(Who cares?) If there's trouble tonight
(Who cares?) 'cause the kids are alright
Tonight we'll take this town
'Cause we're old enough to know, but too young to care
Lyrics submitted by reginakitteh
Haight Street Lyrics as written by Deon Rexroat Christian Edwin Mcalhaney
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, O/B/O DistroKid
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7sFavoriteSon, Haight Street along with Ashbury street are in San Francisco and they're famous for their role in the counterculture/hippie movement. It's related to the song in that the song is about going out, being carefree and having a goodtime.
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