Lyrics for Moorestown as interpreted by icouldseethedude

Moorestown Lyrics
Her window looked out on North Church Street
An attic space overgrown
A photobook of smiling friends
Road maps, New York, Los Angeles
Her walls are Mediterranean 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 the Hudson
Her dad's guitar sings open tuned
Reverberates up through the floor
Our love grew more one summer there
We'd spend our days just driving round
Old parking lots and neighborhoods
All framed and charmed in Moorestown

I followed her across the Earth
Through parks in London, coasts of Perth
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 as a raven
My thoughts will pause, my throat will swell
When her name is spoken
And looking past the cold, long sea
I cannot bear to wonder now
If the cascading soft lights
Are glowing for us in Moorestown
Are glowing for us in Moorestown

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DubJ
06-17-2008

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He's singing about a girl, they traveled to different places. But then they broke up. He thinks of her when he hears her name and thinks back what they used to do (travel). Anyone agree? It's a very beautiful song nonetheless.

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trisweb
06-17-2008

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Agree with DubJ completely. It's a beautiful song, connecting her to this place, both of them special to him. It's Moorestown, New Jersey, for sure - North Church Street runs right through the town.

I love how this album seems to connect to these specific places, and so many people and memories associated with them. Such a great theme.

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Junesong Provision
11-04-2008

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I just started listening to Sun Kil Moon, and I actually live in Moorestown, NJ. Awesome.

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originalspies
11-30-2008

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This is yet another song with the perspective of someone who is looking back on a past relationship and coming to grips with its loss. The final verse is one of Kozelek's most overwhelming. Both SKM albums focus on the theme of loss and its tendency to follow us long after we have moved on.

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kellybrennan
12-03-2008

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This song is about a girlfriend from Moorestown, NJ. She actually came on stage and sang with him at a show in Philly this past summer (2008).

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