70 Favorite Songs: 62. Taking Pictures

When I take a picture of the city it disappears
It’s only a photograph the city is gone
The places I go are never there

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be
I can only picture the disappearing world when you touch me

He brought me the air of Paris in a bottle
The record caught the air of London nineteen sixty-five
The places I go are never there

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be
I can only picture the disappearing world when you touch me
When you touch me

Composer/Performer: Sam Phillips
First Released: 2001
Album: Fan Dance
Genre: Folk Pop
First Heard In: Gilmore Girls season 6 finale
Why I Love It: It was just the perfect ending to a not-so-perfect ending (Luke-Lorelai break-up) as you’ll see in the clip above. Aside from that, she captures the feeling of the temporary-ness (haha, sorry can’t think of the proper word right now) of everything and how that one person can make everything that’s abstract seem concrete again. Now, if only…haha.
Also Listen To: “Five Colors”, “What Do I Do,” “Wasting My Time”

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