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You know I do my best thinking when I’m flying down the bridge.
I'm humming to myself and kicking up my kicks
Jiggling all around half afraid for my life
I hope I don't crash like that night last summer,
I’m back on the bridge was just a wooden path,
Bouncing around, like he said it was1956

[Chorus]
I thought I’d learnt from my mistakes,
I thought he’d learnt from my mistakes,
I thought she'd give me the right advice,
I thought he let me in for one last time.

The planks rattle around like an old timey movie,
In tube top and shorts that Vice called "pull-me-down"
She’s got kind of a native vibe before I even knew who was who
And he's ignoring me like it's 2001.
Why keep time travelling if it doesn’t get better on the second time around?
Why keep time travelling if it doesn’t get better on the second time around?

[Chorus]
I thought I’d learnt from my mistakes,
I thought he’d learnt from my mistakes,
I thought you’d give me the right advice,
I thought he let me in for one last time.

I wore this same outfit on the day the ? followed me in his car on ? avenue,
the one in Brookyln on an early Sunday morning,
I was carrying an umbrella, and talking on the phone.
My mom said run, and I ran,
I crashed on Baker, cut my hand and my knees.

The ambulance was called by a guy, his friend called Guru
They were visiting from California, and I swear they,
I swear they,
I swear they saved my life!

[Chorus: x2]
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Cover art for My Mistakes lyrics by Eleanor Friedberger

I love the line "why keep time traveling if it doesn't get better on the second time around?" Everybody keeps making the same stupid mistakes over and over again. And we keep seeing our friends make the same stupid mistakes, but we keep doing them anyway.

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I agree! I just love the writing and they way Eleanor sings the song. It has this almost 1950's pop vibe to it. A lot of the album does actually.

Cover art for My Mistakes lyrics by Eleanor Friedberger

Don't talk on the phone while you're on your bike!

 
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