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If You Recall, I Spent That Summer In Rome

from We're Headed For a Fall by Knock Knock Ginger

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You had a restless soul as you headed for autumn,
Twenty odd years in one hometown and nothing in common,
But oh, how you felt encouraged,
When that glossy leaflet caught your eye,
You'd never seen four letters quite so legible.

You had the Vatican in mind from the moment you saw it,
In a yellowing postcard, framed and hung, in St. Augustine's courtyard.
Oh, how the spires inspired,
Oh, how the crosses crossed your mind,
With every bead you left behind in your dorm.

From the moment we touched down,
You clasped my fingers without asking,
And how it all felt prophecised
Like when a savior leads the blind
to a fanciful mirage.

I did not answer my door,
I was not around in '99,
I spent that summer in Rome,
If you recall...

Under that leaning tower,
I could sense a higher power
When I spent those seven days in Rome,
If you recall...

From the moment we touched down,
In familiar streets, familiar accents,
What had once felt justified,
In that hot Roman July,
Teemed with doubt in August's warmth.

Maybe tomorrow, you could wear your new bought hat
The one I picked out in that piazza in Milan,
We'll call up the old gang, have gelato in the park,
And theological debates until it's dark.
Then we'll find a fountain
And I'll cede my last coin souvenir,
If it means seeing you in the dawn...

But we won't be famous lovers, no,
We'll barely make October's snow,
Cause all we fell in love with was Rome,
If you recall,
If you recall...

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from We're Headed For a Fall, released June 9, 2011

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