Palo Alto Lyrics

When I called, it'd been too long, wish I didn't need the push

But you're always sharp with the memories, when I ask you about family stuff

When you were out West, in Palo Alto, with your Dad, the admiral

Who took pictures, aboard the warship, but always dreamt of the day he'd run

To Palo Alto

With his sweetheart

And a Camera

Never Being

What he was then

Stuck in a uniform

Taking pictures from high above

Glad you found those old journals and gave me a few to explain

What you never could as a parent, I guess it had to be written out

In those amber waves of dairy, Wisconsin in the 70's

The Davy Crocketts and the cow shit

I kind felt I was meant leave

To Palo Alto

With my sweetheart

And a bicycle

Never Being

What I was then

Stuck in a cornfield

A rural tapestry

I just had one friend

I had one friend

Yeah I just had one friend

And me and that one friend

Me and Joe, we're getting away…

When that sun is sinking

Like bronze in the afterglow

Of a torpedo, a stolen Marlboro

Behind the barn or with a gun

The momentary sanctuary

Of a warm sun sinking low

We all linger in the wonder

Feel lost and want to go

To Palo Alto

With our sweethearts

Via catapult

Never being

What we were then

A whole new atmosphere