Definitely a song about youth and missing a friend (my guess is that friend was Duane Joseph to the lyricist) from the old days. I grew up down the street from a girl, Morgan Massingale, and we were great friends. We went through everything together...we'd build cabins in the woods, her mom would make us lunch, all the things mentioned in the song. When we were kids, we agreed to marry eachother when we grew up. It was good to get that out of the way, too. I didn't have to worry about how icky girls were, and she didn't have to worry about how icky boys were. Even once we did grow up...a little...we still sort of always had it in our minds that we were going to marry eachother.
Then she died in a car wreck when she was 17.
Sure, there are a couple lines that don't match up exactly, but for the most part this song parallels that whole story. Great song, great lyrics, great band.
Definitely a song about youth and missing a friend (my guess is that friend was Duane Joseph to the lyricist) from the old days. I grew up down the street from a girl, Morgan Massingale, and we were great friends. We went through everything together...we'd build cabins in the woods, her mom would make us lunch, all the things mentioned in the song. When we were kids, we agreed to marry eachother when we grew up. It was good to get that out of the way, too. I didn't have to worry about how icky girls were, and she didn't have to worry about how icky boys were. Even once we did grow up...a little...we still sort of always had it in our minds that we were going to marry eachother.
Then she died in a car wreck when she was 17.
Sure, there are a couple lines that don't match up exactly, but for the most part this song parallels that whole story. Great song, great lyrics, great band.