Dawn Landes, Singer Song-Writer, and "Straight Lines"

There's a Chrysler Town and Country tv commercial that has attracted my attention because of the beautiful song being sung in the background. The song is called "Straight Lines," and it is performed by Dawn Landes (who wrote the song). Dawn Landes is from Louisville, Kentucky, and now makes her home in Brooklyn, New York. The Chrysler ad can be seen at this link: http://www.chrysler.com/en/2010/town_country/index_a_b.html#?feature=beaches.

Here's the official video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njPFQXVXTx4&NR=1

Here's a cute cover version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiPs35AJSd0

The lyrics are very poignant and make one think about the passage of time and growing up:

Straight Lines

By Dawn Landes

[some of these lyrics might be incorrectly transcribed]

Remember when we were young
How you asked everyone to marry you
All of those songs we sung
Changing all the words you used to make the heroine die
Why?

Remember when we were right
God threw his darts at stars in the night
I had a kite
You had a trampoline and a BMX bike
You didn't even like

I don't want to say it's breaking my heart
And I don't know where to start
Old friends are falling apart

??Time like the name of a man
Covered and we both can whine [???]

[??Write your name over mine
cover them both in wine[??]

I miss the straight, straight lines

The old times

Remember when we got caught
Dirty hands and make-believe drugs
We never got
Give me all your money
Bank robbers and cowboy cops
Make-believe rocks

Remember when we held hands
Red rover and marching band
You had a tan
Staying outside that long's gonna make you man
Never going back, never going back again

I don't want to say it's breaking my heart
And I don't know where to start
Old friends are falling apart
Time like the name of a man
Covered and we both can whine
I miss the straight, straight lines

The old times
The old times
Remember when we were young
Remember when we were young