South Tacoma Way

Album: Furnace Room Lullaby (2000)
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  • I put on that sweater you gave me
    I woke up in the kitchen a few minutes later
    I didn't know how I had gotten there
    Did you guide me
    I didn't make it to your funeral
    I didn't want ritual nor resign
    I just wanted to hold hands with
    J.P and Mary-Jo
    But I couldn't conjure tears
    We're too good for stupid angels
    Blackness held its breath beside me
    And burned the air till it was gone
    Till it was gone
    Till it was gone

    Couldn't pay my respects to a dead man
    Your life was much more to me
    And I chased away with sticks and stones
    But that rage kept following me
    Following Me
    Following Me
    So lost I was asleep in the palms of your hand
    In dreams we were happy and safe
    I can't comprehend the ways that I miss you
    They come to light in my mistakes
    In my mistakes
    In my mistakes
    Now I'm traveling down Tacoma Way
    And the world turns in slow motion
    It's the twilight of our old home
    And I'm still in love with you
    Oh here on South Tacoma Way
    We've memories for matinees
    And the tears come warm and heavy
    And the cross streets bear your name
    And the cross streets bear your name Writer/s: Brian Connelly, Joel Trueblood, Neko Case, Scott Bells
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Karol Teal from Northwest IllinoisOn this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q24fe1m4Go there is a comment that claims this is about an actual person who died in a car accident.
    Jennifer stephens
    7 years ago
    This song was written about my husband's best friend who died in a tragic ca accident.BTW it is JP not JD .
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