501s

[Verse 1]

I was a kid with a plastic gun

When I saw you dance with your friends in your 501s

Then you pointed your finger and you lifted you thumb

And you blew me away

My eyes were disguised by the lights in the sky

But I saw you saw smile as I dropped down and died

[Chorus]

Every sequin of the night, every frame I picture

The marigold, the carnival, your mother's scattered lectures

The foreign words you never heard, so I just repeated

You were everything that I needed

[Verse 2]

I remember the boy at the central point when he kicked us out

For passing the bottle, we were barely annoyed

And as we left from the film before it'd even begun

You gave up the end

[Chorus]

Every sequin of the night, every frame I picture

The marigold, the carnival, your mother's scattered lectures

The foreign words you never heard, so I just repeated

You were everything that I needed

You were just the thing I needed

Perfume-drenched, alcohol

Styrofoam cups, dance halls

Fireworks, their salt lick hue

Greens and golds, reds and whites and blues

I was a kid with a plastic gun

When I saw you dance with your friends in your 501s

[Chorus]

Every sequin of the night, every frame I picture

The marigold, the carnival, your mother's scattered lectures

The foreign words you never heard, so I just repeated

You were everything that I needed

You were just the thing I needed

You were everything that I needed

You were just the thing I needed