image via wanderlust"Straight Lines" by Dawn Landes is such a pretty song sung by such a pretty girl. The song is so light and summery, but the lyrics are wistful and carry a nostalgia for childhood that makes the song just a little bit heartbreaking (and how can you not love a folky song that mentions a BMX bike?). I'll be singing this all summer...
"Straight Lines"
Remember when we were young
How you asked everyone to marry you
All of those songs we sung
Changing all the words you used to make the heroine die
Why?
Remember when we were right
God threw his darts at stars in the night
I had a kite
You had a trampoline and a BMX bike
You didn't even like
I don't want to say it's breaking my heart
And I don't know where to start
Old friends are falling apart
Time like the name of a man
Covered and we both can whine
I miss the straight, straight lines
The old times
Remember when we got caught
Dirty hands and make-believe drugs
We never got
Give me all your money
Bank robbers and cowboy cops
Make-believe rocks
Remember when we held hands
Red rover and marching band
You had a tan
Staying outside that long's gonna make you man
Never going back, never going back again
I don't want to say it's breaking my heart
And I don't know where to start
Old friends are falling apart
Time like the name of a man
Covered and we both can whine
I miss the straight, straight lines
The old times
The old times
Remember when we were young
Remember when we were young
(found the lyrics here)
