Lyrics to New song (Moorestown/Morristown) (Page 1 of 2)

I almost got it :

Her window looked out on North Church Street
And I had (...) overgrown
A photobook of smiling friends
Road maps, New York, Los Angeles
Her walls are made in (...) blue
Her baby sister picked the hue
Saltwater taffy, Jersey shore
Blue like the fingernails she wore

The house is not far from the school
Her mom taught on there too
Her dad's guitar sings open tunes
Reverberate up through the floor
Our love grew more one summer there
We'd spend our days just driving round
Old parking lots and neighborhoods
In frame, in charm, in Morristown (probably wrong, maybe names of other towns ?)

I followed her across the Earth
Through parks in London, coasts of pearl
Newport, Kentucky and New orleans
We shared a million lives it seems
I slept with her so many nights
We moved together heavenly
So close the North Pacific slept
You too were once beside me

She moved away to Williamsburg
Her eyes sad like a raven
My heart will pause, my throat will swell
When her name is spoken
In the compass, the coal (...) sea
I cannot help but wonder now
If the cascading soft lights
are glowing for us in Morristown
are glowing for us in Morristown

I'm almost sure it's "Morristown".

Thanks to Restless_Stranger for his help.

Mmm, I'm still going with Moorestown, Pierre.  To wit:  http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e … mp;iwloc=A

A few more corrections/suggestions. The second line, I'm almost sure, is "an attic space overgrown." The last line of the second stanza sounds more like "in framed and charming Moorestown." And the questionable line in the last stanza of the possibilities I hear, "cold, dark sea" seems to make the most sense, although I'd almost swear he's actually saying "cold, long sea". That said, I only have one version of this (Portland), so if there are others, perhaps it sounds different there.

One more edit: "Her mom taught on the Hudson"

Last edited by LettersInKanji (10-24-2006 11:23pm)

I have the Portland concert on CD also, and although it's very difficult to hear, (you need a really good speaker), I think the line you guys are talking about is "and looking past the cold long sea."

Woooo, go Philly. I am pretty sure that this is not the same girl as "Carry Me Ohio." My understanding is "Carry Me Ohio," "Katy Song" and "Breathe My Love" are all about the same girl, who died at some point.

This one I am guessing is "New Jersey," "Trailways," "Moorestown" and (probably) "Brockwell Park" ("parks in London, coasts of Perth"). And yes, I'm pretty sure it's Jersey - "her house is not far from the school - her mom taught on the Hudson."

Here's a couple of more reasons why it probably is Moorestown, NJ.  There is a line, "salt water taffy, Jersey shore."  Also, Moorestown is mostly frame houses, as are most Jersey towns.
     There is a Williamsburg in New York, but there's a more famous one in Virginia, too.  I don't know, there might be others.