1949

[Sitar 22,172]

Acoustic:

Carry me up them stairs
With my white socks on and my pretty song,
You like my blue nail polish
What is all this?

You said, "Little miss, upstairs
Don't be scared."

Daddy dearest, you know how I like to take trips
Pops, first stop at the K-Mart
Buy me my peach lip-gloss
Cigarettes and lollipops
Mad Magazine and white socks
All in your car for our trip across the USA

We gonna party like it's 1949
We in the Pontiac from July to July
It's a flower motel nation
Day and night on our last vacation
We gonna see it all before we say goodbye

Daddy likes Blackpool,
Pleasure beach and road-stops,
Baby likes the Swiss Alps souvenir gift-shops
Late night, midnight, radio show talks
Daddy, baby, big jail break

Ponytail and lollipops
Dinerettes and soda-pops
New blue bathing suit
Ruched tops and Cadillacs
Blue LA Carte Docks
Hop-scotch, shit talk
Alabama hard knocks
Motel brass locks.

We gonna party like it's 1949
We in the Pontiac from July to July
It's a motel flower nation
Day and night on our last vacation
We gonna see it all before he says goodbye

 

 

Studio:

Carry me up them stairs

With my white socks on

And my pretty song
Like my blue nail polish
What is all this?

You said of the mess upstairs
Don't be scared

Daddy dearest

You know how I like to take trips

Pops first stops at the K-Mart
Buy me my peach lipgloss
Cigarettes and lollipops
For our trip across the USA

We're gonna party like it's 1949
We're in the Pontiac from July to July
Gonna see it all before he says goodbye
Gonna party like it's 1949

 

Carry me up the stairs

With my white socks on

And my blonde hair long
You like my pin-up bodice

And the solace

That comes with the midnight air

And my icy stare
 

It's the clearest

When it's me and him alone

He's stops, he talks about all the ways he used to

Dinerettes and soda pops

For our trip across the USA

 

We're gonna party like it's 1949
We're in the Pontiac from July to July
Gonna see it all before he says goodbye
Gonna party like it's 1949

 

Daddy likes Blackpool,

Pleasure beach and road stops,
Me, I like the Swiss Alps souvenir gift shops
Late night, midnight, radio show talks
Him and me, a big jailbreak

 

Ponytail and lollipops

Dinerettes and sodapops

New blue bathing suit

Ruched tops and Cadillacs

Blue LA Carte Docks
Hopscotch, hot talk
Alabama hard knocks
Motel brass locks.

[Hello Heaven 1,575]

I love the lyrics to this song

[Trash Magic 26,787]

I definitely hear "Blue LA Carte Docks" I'm guessing they are cares? I found this Facebook page on google http://www.facebook....149977688478685

[♡GagaOopsy♡ 281]

Buy me my peach lip-gloss

Cigarettes and lollipops

My fave part!!!

[Mommy's Mercedes 63]

Thanks Sit. Am I the only one who hears "J and I on our last vacation"? I guess your version makes more sense

[Trash Magic 26,787]

Thanks Sit. Am I the only one who hears "J and I on our last vacation"? I guess your version makes more sense

 

Omfg! No your makes WAY more sense

 

Going to listen now

[Trash Magic 26,787]

I'm still sure it's day and night lol

[Mommy's Mercedes 63]

yeah, had to listen carefully for that.

[Sitar 22,172]

I definitely hear "Blue LA Carte Docks" I'm guessing they are cares? I found this Facebook page on google http://www.facebook....149977688478685

 

Makes about as much sense as anything in that line.

[Heaux 1,396]

I hear: You like my blue nail polish,
What is all this,

 you said "little miss, upstairs. Don't be scared"

and i still keep hearing "dain (?) and i on our last vacation"

 

also in the last chorus it changes to "motel flower nation" and "before he says goodbye"

[Sitar 22,172]

I hear: You like my blue nail polish,

What is all this,

 you said "little miss, upstairs. Don't be scared"

 

and i still keep hearing "dain (?) and i on our last vacation"

 

also in the last chorus it changes to "motel flower nation" and "before he says goodbye"

 

Thanks, I agree.

 

Except "day and night", keeping that. Seeing the sunrise, etc.

[diegomaukm123 9]

This song It's about Lolita (the book)?

 

It always comes to my mind when I heart it

[Deleted User 1,353]

SO, I don't know if I will get killed for making this thread and stating what follows but I don't care.

1949 is one of my favorite Lana songs. It's one of the only ones I don't ever get tired of listening to or singing to. I just love it. I know that Hawaiian Tropic+1949=Every Man Gets His Wish, I love them three, but 1949 is just so beautiful...

Anyone feels the same way? Anyone knows anything on the background of this song?

[FIREANDWATER 81]

SO, I don't know if I will get killed for making this thread and stating what follows but I don't care.

1949 is one of my favorite Lana songs. It's one of the only ones I don't ever get tired of listening to or singing to. I just love it. I know that Hawaiian Tropic+1949=Every Man Gets His Wish, I love them three, but 1949 is just so beautiful...

Anyone feels the same way? Anyone knows anything on the background of this song?

i love it too!! i think it's her song that's most directly based on (the novel) lolita. it really tells a story well and the melody is so fresh. and the line "july to july" is genius!

[Velvet Elvis 218]

I also love DM!

[Creyk 11,495]

_{Am I the only one who thinks we should have an appreciation thread for all the songs like we have a lyrics thread for all of them? There are so many songs but we could discuss and praise all of them individually there and it would be just so great plus we would have so much more to talk about...}

You're not alone @, I always loved that song. The "Blue Nail Polish what is all this" part is so cute (what a great rhyme???), and the "we couldn't party like it's 1949" part is great. But really all of the song sounds amazing she just uses her voice really well in this one.

[NamiraWilhelm 5,031]

It's my favourite kind of Lana song, I wish we had more of the same era and sound

 

 

_{Am I the only one who thinks we should have an appreciation thread for all the songs like we have a lyrics thread for all of them? There are so many songs but we could discuss and praise all of them individually there and it would be just so great plus we would have so much more to talk about...}

You're not alone @, I always loved that song. The "Blue Nail Polish what is all this" part is so cute (what a great rhyme???), and the "we couldn't party like it's 1949" part is great. But really all of the song sounds amazing she just uses her voice really well in this one.

 

I think each song should have it's own general thread, that could then list its information as well as the lyrics and be discussed as a whole. At the moment people discuss them in the lyrics thread but I'd like it to be more generalised tbh :3

[Creyk 11,495]

 

I think each song should have it's own general thread, that could then list its information as well as the lyrics and be discussed as a whole. At the moment people discuss them in the lyrics thread but I'd like it to be more generalised tbh :3

 

I totally agree!

Whenever I write about something not lyrics-related in the lyrics thread I always feel like I'm in the wrong

[NamiraWilhelm 5,031]

I totally agree!

Whenever I write about something not lyrics-related in the lyrics thread I always feel like I'm in the wrong

 

Exactly!!

[neon palms sway 1,301]

1949 is cute and simple and it definitely deserves an appreciation thread! Thank you