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[Verse 1]
Was that the god of laser lights?
Was that his ship up in the sky?
I was a ripped-up teen so green in '89
When from the hills above the scene
In aquamarine, unearthly light
I saw him slip through the trees with ease some summer night

[Chorus 1]
Girl, come and hold me in your mind
My heart hurts, and my head feels light
Girl, come and find me at 25
Okay, girl?

[Verse 2]
Did he pass by the roller-rink?
Did he see the neon blink?
Did he watch our electric slide?
Did he know we were one when you passed your gum from your mouth to mine?

[Chorus 2]
I know, I know what's on your mind
Just a little less glow, just a little more tired
You're looking on back from 29
No way, girl

[Verse 3]
He bought us a drink, just think! And we're drunk
Blazing through the discos, all that late-night summer slump
The song that's on the radio, all thump, thump, thumping
Is coming from his heart
Just from his heart
My heart stopped, it was struck dumb
Reeling from the lyric, or just unaware of one
Terrible with feeling and embarrassingly paralyzed by love
Well, that's my heart
That's it, that's it

[Chorus 3]
Cool down, get calmer, 31
Come down, or you'll just come apart
You're just a little less fun and a little more numb
And it sucks

[Verse 4]
And my heart just sits there, stupid, and pumps
Basting in its bloody bath just for its all-night love
For the Fairlight, roto-tom thud of the All-That-Summer song that it wants to become
That's my heart
Lost in this towering blaze of pain
Before I go back to my own time
I want to tell you 'bout the future and say it's fine

[Chorus 3]
But you know that I would be partly lying
I think you better sit down, 35
'Cause you know I would be partly lying
Girl