Dreamsicle

Album: Reunions (2020)
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  • I guess we're leaving town again
    We're moving out and moving in
    Gotta break the news to all my friends
    But they won't care

    They'll just find another face
    To fall behind, to take my place
    To run way out past second base
    And just stand there

    A dreamsicle on a summer night
    In a folding lawn chair
    Witches ring around the moon
    Better get home soon

    Poison oak to poison ivy
    Dirty jokes that blew right by me
    Mama curling up beside me
    Crying to herself

    Why can't Daddy just come home?
    Forget whatever he did wrong
    He's in a hotel all alone
    And we need help

    A dreamsicle on a summer night
    In a folding lawn chair
    I'm still packing up my room
    Gotta get home soon

    New sneakers on a high school court
    And you swore you'd be there
    My heart breaking through the springtime
    Breaking in June

    Broken glass and broken vows
    I'll be 18 four years from now
    With different friends in a different town
    I'll finally be free

    Call you both some holiday
    Tell you why I moved away
    Say, "Everything's gonna be okay
    You can come see me."

    A dreamsicle on a summer night
    In a folding lawn chair
    Daddy's howling at the moon
    Better get home soon

    Heat lightning in the evening sky
    And my mama's red hair
    Hearts breaking through the springtime
    Breaking in June

    Breaking in June
    Breaking in June
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Comments: 2

  • Jd from 29301Jason Isbell nearly provides a short documentary of my childhood and adolescence in the sixties. His mom and mine seem quite similar. Such a familiar painting…
  • Adrian from 85140Tragically beautiful... There is so much pain and sadness in life, one wishes, one hope’s for a place like heaven. Mr. Isbell will be there... at least in my heaven. His lyrics and music shall be lauded for its truthful simplicity at describing the perils and pleasures of life and his honest introspective acknowledgement of being perfectly imperfect. More could—should be said and shared by this wonderful artist and his hauntingly beautiful and poignant storytelling. To Jason, thank you from a new fan, keep on keeping on. To his wife Amanda, hang on, but be ready to let go, if/when necessary. To Miss Mercy, soon you will realize that angels exist, and sometimes they are your parents. All the blessings...
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