Story Behind The Song
Based on a conversation the composer had on an airline flight with the passenger in the next seat.
Song Description
The sory of a broken relationship and its consequences, told with compassion, optomism and insight.
| Song Length |
3:16 |
Genre |
Folk - Country, Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Cheerful, Engaging |
Subject |
Life, Unrequited Love |
| Similar Artists |
Lucinda Williams, Shawn Colvin |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
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Lyrics
Anne Marie lives in Kansas City/ she's a Christian she loves living there/ she says "I'm flying back to Brooklyn"/ rolls her eyes and fixes her hair/ Cleans houses with her Mom for work/ goes to school and dreams of dirt/ strives and tries to live life clean/ but a loss of love sure can make you mean/ "how could I begin to guess" she says? "the life and times of a wedding dress/ bright and shiny like the sun/ then sealed away like a secret shotgun"/
Jerry Gobel is an auto mechanic/ born and raised just outside the scene/ bright eyes in a jungle city/ he never could really love Anne Marie/ "How could I begin to guess" he says/ "the life and times of a wedding dress/ bright and shiny like the sun/ then sealed away like a secret shotgun/
Grandma's a Pentacostal/ goes to church most everyday/ Anne Marie and her baby Mikey/ a new reason to live and pray.