Story Behind The Song
This song's about childhood sweethearts. A middle aged woman watches her own kids running through a sprinkler, which triggers the memory of her own childhood, her neighborhood, and her first love.
Song Description
A nostalgic look back at childhood, with two neighborhood kids sharing their first real love.
| Song Length |
3:55 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Pop - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Tempo Undefined |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Change, Youth |
| Similar Artists |
Peter Gabriel, Sting |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
You think you know someone
from their hair down to their freckled feet.
Back when we were young
you're full grown now, real proof of a heartbeat.
You're unsure now (his number dialed badly)
Windmills on our front lawn, they're keeping track.
Take your place in line
may you jump through the water -
sprinkler take me back.
She rides her bike through the night for fun
New boy kiss just to thrill and excite her
(sunburned neighbour, lives right beside her)
Wait for the hill where the stakes are higher.
Windmills on our front lawn, they're keeping track.
Take your place in line
may you jump through the water -
sprinkler take me back.
To have someone know the story
of how we came to be (this way).
See all our mud from the past
in circles down the drain.