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Text Book by Lana Del Rey

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"Text Book" explores the singer's desire for a father figure and her relationship with a man who she sees as a replacement for her absent father. The lyrics suggest that Lana has a longing for a father she never had and that she found a substitute in the man she is singing about. The song mentions Brentwood, which is where Lana grew up, and how she thought she had found the father she wanted in that place. The chorus talks about rewriting history and doing a dance with the man because of their shared love for Thunderbirds .

Text Book Lyrics

[00:04.85] I guess you could call it textbook
[00:10.25] I was looking for the father I wanted back
[00:17.12]
[00:19.75] And I thought I found it in Brentwood
[00:27.15] It seemed only appropriate you'd easily had my back
[00:35.57]
[00:39.58] And then there was the issue of her
[00:43.62] I didn't even like myself, or love the life I had
[00:52.22] And there you were with shinin' stars standin' blue with open arms
[01:00.73] You touched the detriment most of the friends I knew already had
[01:09.15]
[01:11.48] You've got a Thunderbird, my daddy had one, too
[01:16.43] Let's rewrite history, I'll do this dance with you
[01:21.60] You know I'm not that girl, you know I'll never be
[01:26.62] Maybe just the way we're different could set me free
[01:31.93] There we were, screamin', "Black Lives Matter"
[01:35.08] In a crowd, by the Old Man River
[01:38.37] And I saw you saw who I am
[01:43.95] God, I wish I was with my father
[01:47.39] He could see us in all our splendor
[01:50.53] All the things I couldn't want for him
[01:55.17] I screamed for them, oh, oh
[02:02.46] I screamed for them, ah-ah
[02:09.45]
[02:14.15] Could we do this dance again?
[02:19.03] Do you think if I go blonde we could get our old love back?
[02:26.88]
[02:31.05] I guess this is really the end
[02:36.34] I never felt jealous before this year, but I'm jealous now
[02:44.60]
[02:48.50] People say we're too much alike
[02:52.36] But maybe, finally, that'll make it right in the end
[02:56.77] Of all these sleepless nights
[03:01.41] Other men I met felt right
[03:05.28] Would smile at you and stick a knife in your back
[03:11.65] Finally, I met you, so I'm not wonderin' why
[03:20.01] You've got a Thunderbird, my daddy had one too
[03:25.33] Let's rewrite history, I'll do this dance with you
[03:30.31] You know I'm that not that girl, you know I'll never be
[03:35.57] Maybe just the way we're different could set me free
[03:40.69] There we were, screamin', "Black Lives Matter"
[03:43.59] In a crowd, by the Old Man River
[03:46.89] And I saw you saw who I am
[03:52.42] God, I wish I was with my father
[03:55.73] He could see us in all our splendor
[03:58.88] All the things I couldn't want for him
[04:03.65] I screamed for them, oh, oh
[04:10.84] I screamed for them, ah-ah
[04:18.50] Old Man River keeps rollin'
[04:23.69] With or without him
[04:29.73] Old Man River keeps rollin'
[04:35.78] Without him, oh, my old man
[04:42.56] Old Man River keeps rollin', oh
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From the album: Blue Banisters