Lyrics
Moonbeams through headlights pour over backroads
Moonbeams illuminate the backroads through car headlights
Trumpet low on the stereo
Low trumpet sounds playing on the stereo
The nights are cold now
The nights have become cold
And those pistons moan now
Pistons make a moaning sound, possibly referring to a vehicle
And the late ride home goes still in the chill
The late ride home becomes quiet in the cold
Well, it makes me reminisce
Stirs feelings of nostalgia
Backyard dogs cry wolf
Dogs in the backyard cry wolf
Big rigs shift in low gear
Large trucks shift into low gear
Shotguns pop in the grove
Gunshots are heard in the grove
My Grundig talks in stale voices
A radio (Grundig) speaks with voices that seem stale or old
Wish they'd play some billie holiday
Expresses a desire for the radio to play Billie Holiday's music
Well I thought of you
The speaker thinks of someone
I'll think of you
Reiterates the act of thinking about someone
Oh, I think of you
Continues to express thoughts about someone
Wives' tales through Birch trees
Traditional stories pass through Birch trees
Gaze down on my leaves
Leaves on the speaker's tree are looked down upon
I rake them up by the bunch
The speaker gathers leaves in bunches
Darkness falls now, 'bout 5 o clock
Darkness falls around 5 o'clock
And that cool crisp air comes creeping through the woods
Cool, crisp air enters through the woods, prompting thoughts of someone
And it makes me think of you
The cool air makes the speaker reminisce about someone
Orange light through fingerprints
Orange light filters through fingerprints on a glass
Smeared over your glass
Fingerprints smeared on the glass belong to the person being thought of
Let's fill them up once again
Expresses a desire to refill the glasses
Years gone by now, I think I'll cry now
Years have passed, and the speaker feels like crying
Lucky summer lost in the leaves
A fortunate summer is lost in the leaves
Well I thought of you
Thinking of someone
I think of you
Continues to think of someone
Oh, I'll think of you
Reiterates the ongoing thoughts about someone
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