My intention with this song, which tries to capture the experience of listening to a beloved mixtape with someone close to you, was to allow the listener to conjure up that feeling very specifically as I recite some my favorite tracks to include on a playlist.

LYRICS:

“One Thing Leads to Another”
and then it’s “1999”
“Lips Like Sugar,” then “I Want Candy” then “Boy” and then “Time After Time”

De doo doo doo de da da da

I reach up for the rearview mirror
You stretch and our elbows, they graze
Side A’s closing with “Heroes”
I’m aching to feel more if just for one day

De doo doo doo de da da da

Just for tonight
Just for one night
Just for one time

“West End Girls”
Leads into “Temptation”
The tape gets stuck and it dies
The spell is broken
And dawn is breaking
“The Boy with the Thorn in His Side”

De doo doo doo de da da da

Maybe some day
Maybe one day
Maybe one time