Running Red Lights - Memory Bells Lyrics
As I watch the snow fall over Boston, a silver white and blueI drink myself back to my youth and try to summon youAnd as the radiator hums a grown-up tuneA memory, like a radio, is coming throughA rose-colored window with aSentimental viewYou and me high in the burning coldBottle rockets fired up and ready to goI remember we were paranoid the whole damn world would blowNow every winter sky has tales to tellEvery stormy night rings a memory bellEvery snow drop soaking through my shoesThe memory bells start ringin' and I'm back to youTonight the sky is black as carbon and the stars are shinin' throughThe full moon smiles brightPolyester, insinuating JuneAnd while the radiator hums a grown-up tuneA memory, like a radio, is coming throughA rose-colored window with a sentimental viewRollin' on a blanket on a hot roof topDrinkin' whiskey out of empty cans of popDrownin' out the world with your tape deck stereoNow every summer sky has tales to tellEvery starry night rings a memory bellSun kissed sidewalks burnin' through my shoesThe memory bells start ringin' and I'm back toFirst moves and fixed eyes,And drawn-out goodbyesBack to the burn of longing bonesWhen hearts stopped and lungs filledUnder half moons on Summer hillsAching bodies and nothing in betweenBack to suitcase dreams and Friday plansTo falling lace in nervous handsMy sleeveless flowered dress on canyon floorsBack before time turned on usAnd changed our minds and love to dustBefore our wounds were too grown-up to mendBack before the scent of rainAnd startled memories in my brainOf last goodbyes and looks of soft regretBack beforeEvery teary sky had tales to tellEvery lonely night rang a memory bellEvery raindrop kindled thoughts of youBefore I needed memories to get back, I go backWhen July summer skies have tales to tellWhen ocean melodies rang a memory bellEvery lazy Sunday afternoonThose memory bells start ringin' and I'm back to you
