Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio
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Alkaline Trio
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This song is about a time when Matt Skiba visited a good friend of the band named Wally in San Francisco. Skiba was enamored with the place, and felt defeated as he flew home to the grind of being a bike messenger in Chicago.
[Verse 1: Matt Skiba]
Choking on the thought of leaving, drinking to keep from sobbing
4 PM, four dollar pints, The SFO, the time and price
With all my happiness aborted the PA painfully starts boarding
I sink deep, thirty thousand feet into my window seat electric chair
[Chorus: Matt Skiba]
And I was drinking you goodbye, a heart floats in the bay
From sour home Chicago I hear you beating far away
And there's no telling what I'll do if I don't return to you
[Verse 2: Matt Skiba]
Hopeful thoughts of soon returning can't put out my stomach burning
Plastic wings and plastic smiles, unsalted peanuts to stretch my miles
Choking on the thought of leaving, drinking to keep from heaving
5 PM, five dollar pints, Hellbound Airlines, time and price
[Chorus: Matt Skiba & Dan Andriano]
And I was drinking you goodbye, a heart floats in the bay
From sour home Chicago I hear you beating far away
And there's no telling what I'll do if I don't return to you
I was drinking you goodbye, a heart floats in the bay
From sour home Chicago I hear you beating far away
And there's no telling what I'll do if I don't return to you
San Francisco was written by Matt Skiba & Dan Andriano & Glenn Porter.
San Francisco was produced by Matt Allison & Alkaline Trio.
Alkaline Trio released San Francisco on Tue Oct 13 1998.