If I could write,
I'd tell you how much I've missed these nights
Where we'd dig around the bones
And try to find peace and patches for the holes

I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
The corner boys told her how I was dyin' to meet her
Like a prayer I said on a dead man's knee
You drove up like a parade

You and your high-top sneakers and your sailor tattoos,
And your old fifty-five that you drove through the roof
Of the sky up above these indifferent stars
While you just kept coming apart

You and your high-top sneakers and your sailor tattoos,
And your old fifty-five that you drove through the roof
Of the sky up above these indifferent stars
While you just kept coming apart straight in my arms

Fell straight in my arms

And I miss it sometimes
Shakin' like a leaf on the corner of Vine
But I heard it's alright
The radio spoke to a good friend of mine

And I can feel it comin' up as the night's gettin' warm
I saw your summer dress hangin' on the back of the lawn
Like a dream I remember from an easier time
With the top rolled down on a Saturday night

You and your high-top sneakers and your sailor tattoos
And your old fifty-five that you drove through the roof
Of the sky up above these indifferent stars
While you just kept coming apart

You and your high-top sneakers and your sailor tattoos
And your old fifty-five that you drove through the roof
Of the sky up above these indifferent stars
While you just kept coming apart right in my arms
Right in my arms

And I always dreamed of classic cars and movie screens
And tryin' to find some way to be redeemed
Bring a dollar with you, baby
In the cold, cold ground

You and your high-top sneakers and your sailor tattoos
And your old fifty-five that you drove through the roof
Of the sky up above these indifferent stars
While you just kept coming apart

You and your high-top sneakers and your sailor tattoos
And your old fifty-five that you drove through the roof
Of the sky up above, these indifferent stars
While you just kept coming apart, you fell straight in my arms.

You fell straight in my arms.



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"Old White Lincoln" as written by Brian Fallon

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    General Comment:this song rules! to me its about the glory days with someone special, trying to make life worth living even tho youve both had your share of heart aches, how ppl can really wound you sometimes and make you feel lost but theres nothing like finding someone to be lost with, its about going out on a cool summer night and remembering a similar night in the distant past with your babe, your whole lives ahead of you, glorified by what was at that moment yours and no one could take away. and now ppl telling you to stop dwelling on the past and "theres plenty of fish in the sea" but the reality is there will never again be a time or place or a moment like the one you shared with that person and it cuts you just a little bit.
    Flag bennythekion March 21, 2013   Link
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    Song Meaning:in a interview with brian fallon he said it was about a girl who he used to go and they were race through New York streets late at night and no matter what car he had she would always beat him in her Old White Lincoln cause she had a big v8 engine
    Flag Ril3yon December 01, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I have the lyric sheet from the vinyl. It's "indifferent stars" every time.
    Flag bobdylan11on July 07, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:There's a WB Yeats poem (A Dream of Death) that mentions "the indifferent stars above," which is why I always assumed the lyric here was "indifferent". The idea, I guess, being that our actions have no bearing on the greater scheme of the universe. Or something.
    Flag headhitsdeskon January 23, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:it's deffinately 'indifferent stars' as this is what is says on the CD sleeve.
    maybe he's refering to the fact that the stars don't mind what you do...:)
    brian is an inspiration to me and in my opinion one of the best songwriters around.
    i'm seeing gaslight in november and i literally think about it EVERY DAY. Hehe i cant wait!
    Flag wildheartson October 28, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:The Lyric is 'these indifferent stars' on all counts.
    Flagged RockNRollOuton July 25, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:There's a line which says the nights get warm, which sounds very similar to a Springsteen lyric from "Atlantic City" which goes "put on your stockings babe, the nights get cold..." if gaslight anthem didn't have such a clear connection with springsteen, I wouldn't have thought about it, but even this song has allusions to Jersey Girl, which Springsteen Covered from Tom Waits quite famously, so I thought it would be fitting to throw that out there and see if anyone else made the connection
    Flag chris77160on April 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:ikickedagirl - I suspect that driving a car through the roof of the sky up above indifferent stars is not supposed to be interpreted literally.

    Great song, seems like a lament on a girl he once knew.
    Flag lrb85on December 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:How can you drive a car through the roof?
    And what does "indifferent stars" mean?

    Excellent song anyway. I picture this song playing at a sock hop.
    Flag ikickedagirlon December 03, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:he says indifferent stars. i have the lyric book
    Flag Brian Fitzon September 28, 2009   Link

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