do You Remember?
Do you remember back in high school
All of those nights when we would just tool
Around in my daddy’s car
Do you remember back that far?
And did you know how I used to feel
As I kept my grip on the steering wheel?
Tell me if you knew, tell me if you knew
How I really wanted to be holding you
How my body would just ache
To put my hand on your blue-jeaned leg
How hard it was not to lose my head
To hold on to the stickshift instead
Which would always become wet
As my frightened palm would begin to sweat
Tell me if you noticed my trembling hand
And were you ashamed, or did you understand?
(Chorus)
Oh, my buddy, do you remember back that far?
Those short, short nights in my daddy’s car
Wherever you’re sleeping, wherever you are
Please, remember back that far
You remember the nights on the edge of the heights
Taking turns sucking on a big plastic bong
Fuckin’ up the words to every song
Do you remember after so long?
I remember the moonlight on your face
How we wondered if we’d ever get out of this place
We’d escape in my daddy’s car
Do you remember back that far?
(Chorus)
We weren’t cool, but we were close
Back in high school, when it mattered most
Six feet under a small, dead town
With nothin’ to do but hunker down
Trying everything that we could find
To keep our hearts in the back of our minds
Learning everything, to each his own
In my daddy’s car, altogether alone
(Chorus)
We weren’t cool, but we were close
Back in high school, when it mattered most
Six feet under a small, dead town
With nothin’ to do but hunker down
All words and music by Dave Hall ©
Publisher: Row House Music PRO: ASCAP
