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rock and/or roll
Crosswalk
Song about babies growing up
[mp3]
I saw you waiting at the crosswalk
saw you looking both ways
Saw your hand reaching up to mine
You saw me have a bad reaction
I saw you look at me different
And I know that it has to happen
I just want to hold you again
posted by Corduroy on Nov 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Oh this is really gorgeous and (though I don't have nor want kids) moving. I love the understatedness of the lyric, a finely captured little moment with just the right amount of ambiguity. The touch of piano at the end is perfect.
posted by valrus at 6:45 PM
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Very nice!
posted by moonmilk at 7:46 PM
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Thank you both so much!
posted by Corduroy at 8:16 PM
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gorgeous
posted by umbú at 8:32 AM
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i think i got some dust in my eye
posted by umbú at 7:01 PM
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the way you use the keys in an ambient way is really neat. Esp on such a stipped down kinda nick drake arrangement. It makes itself heard in ways like a ghost hiding in the walls. So when it pops out, yr like...oh! ghosts are real!
perfect match with the lyrics. Sparse and devastating, and you can't sleep on them, because they'll get you.
posted by es_de_bah at 12:08 PM
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