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Eighth Avenue Lyrics
I met you at seven
I didn't expect your friends
I'm feeling much older
Somewhat a generation gap
You won't understand
I'm lost in a land
I'm not twenty-seven
Watch the computer
Sit by the telephone
Waiting for hours
Video games
Books on the bed
Cards I never sent
It's not like a dream
I thought it should be
Young and maudlin
You were alright till the end of the night
Counting all your feathers in a cap
And a bible black eye
I left my twenties
In bar rooms and bathroom halls
Past twenty-two to forty and four
Eighth Avenue
We walked twenty blocks
Sat on the roof
Played spades and hearts
Young and maudlin
You were alright till the end of the night
Counting all your feathers in a cap
And a bible black eye
I left my twenties
In bar rooms and bathroom halls
Past twenty-two to forty and four
Eighth Avenue
We walked twenty blocks
Sat on the roof
Played spades and hearts
Young and maudlin
You were alright till the end of the night
Counting all your feathers in a cap
And a bible black eye
I didn't expect your friends
I'm feeling much older
Somewhat a generation gap
You won't understand
I'm lost in a land
I'm not twenty-seven
Sit by the telephone
Waiting for hours
Video games
Books on the bed
Cards I never sent
It's not like a dream
I thought it should be
You were alright till the end of the night
Counting all your feathers in a cap
And a bible black eye
In bar rooms and bathroom halls
Past twenty-two to forty and four
Eighth Avenue
We walked twenty blocks
Sat on the roof
Played spades and hearts
You were alright till the end of the night
Counting all your feathers in a cap
And a bible black eye
In bar rooms and bathroom halls
Past twenty-two to forty and four
Eighth Avenue
We walked twenty blocks
Sat on the roof
Played spades and hearts
You were alright till the end of the night
Counting all your feathers in a cap
And a bible black eye
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Love this song and this band! They're so underrated, but I'm sure they'll receive their much-deserved attention someday :)
From Dictionary.com:
maudlin [mawd-lin] - adjective
Just thought I would share, considering I took the time to look it up myself. This seems like a song reminiscent of the drunk and foolish days of youth, with the singer looking back on it all now that she's older.