Turquoise Necklace

from A Half Century by Squiggly Lines

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

Corvettes are in season
This time of year
Not two-thousand something
But the winter my visit here

Second wives are in season
This time of day
I'm not the way you found me
And you're not either, I'd say

Two and half decades
Is a long time to be
With any one person
It's a quarter century

Lying in our bed sheets
Wondering what would've happened
If I were born in Thailand
Or you wanted children

Slowly drifting down to the ground
And falling further without a sound
Gently sinking without a noise
Disappearing in a necklace turquoise

Your forty-seventh birthday
I got a little scared
I got you a turquoise necklace
That I knew you'd never wear

It was pretty and expensive
But not your taste at all
You'd want something more exciting
Like one-way trip to Nepal

I got you that necklace
Because it was was your birthday
It's what good husbands do
And we're both a little bit grey

I couldn't take your reaction
You pretended to love it so
You forced a smile and a thank you
But deep down I know

Slowly drifting down to the ground
And falling further without a sound
Gently sinking without a noise
Disappearing in a necklace turquoise

credits

from A Half Century, released August 17, 2016

license

about

Squiggly Lines Toronto, Ontario

a person who writes songs and then records them and then puts them on the internet.

Recommendations

contact / help

Contact Squiggly Lines

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Squiggly Lines recommends:

Anglais
by Speak English

Taught me to count letters in a way that allowed me to speak. Squiggly Lines
go to album
Alvvays
by Alvvays

I just really like these songs. Squiggly Lines
go to album
Mighty Social Lion
by The J. Arthur Keenes Band

It's stupendous. Squiggly Lines
go to album

If you like Squiggly Lines, you may also like:

Get Some Sun
by The J. Arthur Keenes Band

supported by 5 fans who also own “Turquoise Necklace”

another stunner from J Arthur Keenes Band, always looking forward to what he'll do next apples2echoes
go to album
Computer Savvy
by The J. Arthur Keenes Band

supported by 5 fans who also own “Turquoise Necklace”

I was introduced to this album through the tune "Cluck" and my goodness I just love such an 'adventure-sounding' chiptune! JazzmanJosh
go to album
Child of Venus
by AMAARA

The musical project of Canadian actor Kaelen Ohm is filled with jazz, R&B, and folk influences. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 7, 2023
go to album