Must Look Like We're In Love

Gillian Welch

Well I met you at the laundromat
Cowboy boots and a baseball bat
Talked 'til our clothes were all dry
And you liked me and I liked you
Half our town liked us too
They walked out and watched us go by

Everybody smiles when we walk past
I don't know why they laugh
Guess we looked funny and happy as doves
We must look like we're in love

Well sweethearts must be gettin' rare
Cause we turn heads everywhere
But don't they hold hands anymore?
Oh put two straws in a soda pop
Or even go to a soda shop
I feel like an old dinosaur

Everybody smiles when we walk past
I don't know why they laugh
Guess we looked funny and happy as doves
We must look like we're in love

Now everybody smiles when we walk past
I don't know why they laugh
Guess we looked funny and happy as doves
We must look like we're in love

Yea we must look like we're in love
Yea we must look like we're in love


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    I thought it was "Sweethearts must be gettin' rare"...? but I notice it's written as "gettin' red" on another site, too. what does getting red mean?

    wilthepilon March 04, 2010   Link

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