It's Not Explained, It's Delaware - Tullycraft

Virginia shocked us, throwing stones in desperation

It was like we didn’t know you anymore

You kept your glasses in a box when I first met you

And you asked me if I’d ever bombed before

Soon enough you’d taken spray paint to the schoolyard

In the quiet of the car the evening loomed

At the most it was an esoteric moment

At the least I should have known that I was doomed

It’s not explained, it’s Delaware

And it’s enough to make your friends think that I’m smug but I don’t care

It’s not explained, it’s Delaware

Disco Caesar Rodney shouting turn it up and turn it up

But no, don’t, don’t

Before you asked if you could color me for Wednesday

I’d have never though you’d ever look my way

A different tone, a different trend, a different look

A different week, a different boy, a different day

It’s not explained, it’s Delaware

And it’s enough to make your friends think that I’m smug but I don’t care

It’s not explained, it’s Delaware

Disco Caesar Rodney shouting turn it up and turn it up

But no, don’t, don’t

Deeply droll and mostly raised on false assumptions

In a fossil mix of punk and lemonade

You wore the socks but you were still less optimistic

And eventually the easy days would fade

I hadn’t noticed all the records you’d been playing

Except for Nervous Twitch «You Met Somebody Else»

That’s when Rehoboth caught me squarely on the shoulder

It’s the fickle heart that almost always melts

It’s not explained, it’s Delaware

And it’s enough to make your friends think that I’m smug but I don’t care

It’s not explained, it’s Delaware

Disco Caesar Rodney shouting turn it up and turn it up

But no, don’t, don’t

Pratt tie, rinse dye, with eyes on Bedford Stuy

We don’t recognize Virginia

Hearts cling, hips swing, ill at ease we sing

We don’t recognize Virginia

A charming invitation in a hold me tight creation years ago