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“plastic palm trees” is the album closer for McRae’s sophomore album. Throughout the track, McRae sings about a relationship, which is a metaphor for L.A. and fame, she used to believe it was perfect, now she realizes it wasn’t as good as she thought. It has become clear to McRae that she was “in a...
[Verse 1]
Used to drive around in your Wrangler in our deadbeat town
In the parking lot, we would talk about all the drama
Had nothin' better to do
Now I go out with my new friends to a party downtown
In a new dress till the liquor runs out, every weekend
Go out somebody new
[Pre-Chorus]
You could say that all my dreams came true
Oh, what an underwhelming view
[Chorus]
Thought that it was real, thought that it was worth it
Out the window, everything was lookin' perfect
Caught in a dream
It's not what it seems (Ah-ah-ah)
Thought that I was fine sittin' in the backseat
In the mirror, really looked like I was happy
Caught in a dream
Till somethin' in my head said (Ah-ah-ah)
"I'm sorry, you were just lookin' at plastic palm trees" (Ah-ah-ah)
Plastic palm trees
[Verse 2]
Didn't know you need a motive to keep a friend around
To find a boyfriend who doesn't mess around
Bet if you saw me doin' well, you'd hit me out of the blue
[Pre-Chorus]
You could say that all my dreams came true
Oh, what an oh-so-lonely view
[Chorus]
Thought that it was real, thought that it was worth it
Out the window, everything was lookin' perfect
Caught in a dream
It's not what it seems (Ah-ah-ah)
Thought that I was fine sittin' in the backseat
In the mirror, really looked like I was happy
Caught in a dream
Till somethin' in my head said (Ah-ah-ah)
"I'm sorry you were just lookin' at plastic palm trees" (Ah-ah-ah)
Plastic palm trees
[Outro]
It's not how
It used to be
Starin' at plastic palm trees
It's not how (It's not how)
It used to be (It used to be)
Starin' at plastic palm trees
plastic palm trees was written by Tate McRae & Sarah Aarons & Greg Kurstin.
plastic palm trees was produced by Greg Kurstin.
Tate McRae released plastic palm trees on Fri Dec 08 2023.
Well, I have loved this lyric for a very long time: ‘Caught in dream till something in my head said, I’m sorry, you were just looking at plastic palm trees.’ It’s such a cool way to describe my feelings about Los Angeles—how picture-perfect it looks. There’s this one street in LA that’s a row of fla...