The song is based on “Pocketful of Money” by Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman.
Dillon originally sang directly over Lekman’s song in a simple YouTube video.
“Thirteen Thirtyfive” may be about a girl who had a miscarriage: she would be 35 when her child was 13 years old, which means she had he...
Strongest taste
Loudest drop
Head is filled
The thought, unlocked
(4x; last line 3x)
You'd be thirteen
I'd be thirty-five
Gone to find a place for us to
Hide
Be together but alone
As the need for it has grown
(2x restarting from the "You'd be Thirteen"-line)
Cha-cha, cha-cha, cha-cha
Cha-cha, cha-cha
A cave or a shed
A car or a bed
A hole in the ground
Or a burial mound
A bush or a tree
Or the Aegean see will do for me
Cha-cha, cha-cha, cha-cha
Cha-cha, cha-cha-haa
I can say that you look pretty
You turn my legs into spaghetti
You set my heart on fire
For you I found a vent
In the bottom of a coal mine
Just enough space for your hands in the inside
If you go
Do let me know
You'd be thirteen
I'd be thirty-five
Gone to find a place for us to hide
A den or a dessert
Perhaps an ink squirt
A cellar, a wishing well, a war
Or a guarantee will do for me
For you I found a cell
On the top floor of a prison
Just enough space for you to fit your feet in
If you go
Do let me know
For you I found a cell
On the top floor of a prison
Just enough space for you to fit your feet in
If you go
Please let me know
I go running with a heart on fire
(7x)
Thirteen Thirtyfive was written by Dillon & Jens Lekman.
Thirteen Thirtyfive was produced by Thies Mynther & Dillon & Tamer Fahri.
Dillon released Thirteen Thirtyfive on Mon Nov 21 2011.
It was actually just a mere coincidence, because I was writing that poem, and I think I had a new laptop at the time; the only song I had on my iTunes library was ‘Pocketful of Money’, and I didn’t even know Jens. So I was writing the poem to the rhythm of the song, and I never realized, until I tri...