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Were about the girls we’d like to ask
To the Blue Light in Sale
Where rough kids from the local tech
With love bites all around their necks
Danced with air guitars as Chisel played
She wore a denim skirt and blue eye shadow
In heels, too high to walk
He smelled of UDLs and Peter Jacksons
They wore acid wash
I had this one girl in my sights
An angel smoking Alpine Lights
Swaying to Katrina and the Waves
But I knew I never had a chance
With the Molly Ringwald of the dance
When I saw her in a corner pashing Shane
She wore a denim skirt and blue eye shadow
In heels, too high to walk
He smelled of UDLs and Peter Jacksons
They wore acid wash
I’ve lived long enough to say
Time makes a joke of all your pain
You might love something today
But fashion and the things you love can change
Some people’s childhood memories
Age like old photography
Some black and white, some faded in the sun
And some are tainted, sepia
Some exposed to moisture
My teen years are denim-acid-washed
She wore a denim skirt and blue eye shadow
In heels, too high to walk
He smelled of UDLs and Peter Jacksons
They wore acid wash
He liked Van Halen and songs by the Angels
Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again?
She liked Madonna, Brut 33
And boys in acid wash
12. Driving With The Window Down
Written by Michael Waugh
My first car was a little yellow Datsun
Holes in the seat, cracks in the fuel line
An old air freshener shaped like a pine tree
Used coke cans rattling behind me
With a ripped up Melways and a bag of dirty clothes
Because of all the petrol fumes I couldn’t drive with the window’s closed
So, I like driving with the window down
Stereo on, singing with it loudly
And you’re sitting with your feet on the dash
Trying to tell me something, all I hear is Johnny Cash
Weekend ahead of me, you’re sitting next to me
All of our troubles are somewhere behind me
Two kids getting rowdy
Driving out of town with the window down
My next car had a crack in the radiator
Left a little puddle on the street where I’d park her
Lemonade bottles that were filled up with water
Strong smell of sweat from the previous owner
He tried to tell me that to keep the engine cool
You’ve got to drive around in summer time with the heater on full bore
So, I like driving with the window down
Stereo on, singing with it loudly
And you’re sitting with your feet on the dash
Trying to tell me something, all I hear is Johnny Cash
Weekend ahead of me, you’re sitting next to me
All of our troubles are somewhere behind me
Two kids getting rowdy
Driving out of town with the window down
And she’s always beside me
Even when I’m breaking down
Shouting out directions
And trying to read a map upside down
Now we get around in a little Kia Rio
Bought brand new in 2003
It goes pretty good and it gets pretty far
It works pretty well for a family car
And sometimes I pretend that we’re still in the Datsun
Feel the wind rushing through my hair like a in a time back when I had some
So, we like driving with the window down
Stereo on, singing with it loudly
And you’re sitting with your feet on the dash
Trying to tell me something, all I hear is Johnny Cash
Weekend ahead of me, you’re sitting next to me
All of our troubles are somewhere behind me
Where our kids are getting rowdy
You and me darlin’ with the window down
Kids in the back with the window down
Still getting ‘round with the window down