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Cracker — Forever
Album: Forever
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Released: 2002
Length: 4:09
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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Movie stars
And magazines
Life is good
Grass is green
Come ride with me
Down 62
'Cause all I want
Is to be with you
Past rusted out
Faded towns
Little places
Broken down
Life is good
When I'm with you
I don't need
Anything.

I just wanna live like this now and forever
I just wanna live like this now and forever
I just wanna live like this now and forever
Now and forever, forever

Crystalline
Those perfect dreams
Its all wide open
At seventeen
Start again
Me and you
A simple life
On Route 62
Rusted out
Broken down
Little places
Falling down
Life is good
Or so it seems
I don't need
Anything.

I just wanna live like this now and forever
I just wanna live like this now and forever
I just wanna live like this now and forever
Now and forever, forever

I just wanna live like this now and forever
I just wanna live like this now and forever
I just wanna live like this now and forever
Now and forever, forever
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 jimtyrrell wrote:

sounds like a contemporary country music song though it doesn't mention beer and pickups.



It's a song about life being good. There's no mention of drinking, working hard, ex-girlfriends/boyfriends, shooting guns, trucks, heartache or life being really tough but okay, let's call it country. 
Posted 10 months ago by pennstatejimboh    [ Reply ]
there's something in the synthesizer or somewhere that makes me think i hear the kettle whistling...
Posted 1 year ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Bill, love that you keep rolling out Cracker to the masses...those of us that know the Camper Van Beethoven-to-Cracker lineage of David Lowery & Co love every song. Thanks!
Posted 1 year ago by LuvinRP    [ Reply ]
CRACKER FOREVER! Like everything they do, a killer groove, wickedly witty lyrics, solid musical chops, and it rocks!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Cracker = Joy.
Posted 2 years ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]
david lowery got great wit. always love hearing cracker & cvb.
Posted 3 years ago by lynn01    [ Reply ]
Yes, given that this song writer has also worked as a quant and college lecturer, maybe his lyrics aren't intended at face value...
Posted 4 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
No way is he singing  about 2020. 
Posted 4 years ago by PaganSkier    [ Reply ]
cracker can rip off whoever they want. y'all gonna wait a long time for another David Lowery - the patron saint of no fucks given. amen. love the stones too : )

CastelloKid wrote:
The is a ripoff of a Stones Song!!! Love is strong and your so sweet and someday baby we gotta meet. :|
Hardly. Are you actually listening to the song? Different tempo, different melody, different voice. But yeah, other than that, a perfect match!
 

Posted 4 years ago by tokenrhymer    [ Reply ]
So let me see if I understand. He just wants to live like this forever. Did I get that right?
Posted 4 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
Quite likeable but the end seemed to go... for... ever..
Posted 4 years ago by floydpink    [ Reply ]
Me diggin' it.
Posted 4 years ago by mortrates    [ Reply ]
You've got it all wrong: his real hero is Steve Wynn & The Dream Syndicate, circa 1984.
Posted 5 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
sounds like a contemporary country music song though it doesn't mention beer and pickups.
Posted 5 years ago by jimtyrrell    [ Reply ]
 veegez wrote:
CastelloKid wrote:
The is a ripoff of a Stones Song!!! Love is strong and your so sweet and someday baby we gotta meet. :|
Hardly. Are you actually listening to the song? Different tempo, different melody, different voice. But yeah, other than that, a perfect match!
 
I agree with CastelloKid
Posted 5 years ago by Benjistain    [ Reply ]
My god, both of those bands were very much better than this.
Baby_M wrote:

Smithereens meet the B-52s.

 

Posted 6 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
 gregorbill wrote:
Sounds like they borrowed the mellotron from the old Moody Blues.
 
I think that's a Vox Continental.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 jksteacher wrote:
I think many people take Cracker way too seriously. They are sarcastic and sardonic, making their points with catchy tunes but great lyrics. Too bad they're mostly associated with "Low" for most people. Some great songs out there, even if "Forever" didn't really have many. Still...
...More Cracker, please!
 
Completely agree with this!
Posted 13 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
 Tizmself wrote:
Reminds me of the Smithereens but with better lyrics.
 
Smithereens meet the B-52s.

Posted 13 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the Smithereens but with better lyrics.
Posted 20 years ago by Tizmself    [ Reply ]
I think many people take Cracker way too seriously. They are sarcastic and sardonic, making their points with catchy tunes but great lyrics. Too bad they're mostly associated with "Low" for most people. Some great songs out there, even if "Forever" didn't really have many. Still... ...More Cracker, please!
Posted 20 years ago by jksteacher    [ Reply ]
dignan2 wrote:
I have heard more Cracker in the past 2 days than I have in my whole life. Really quite annoying.
You should be so lucky.
Posted 20 years ago by The_Wood    [ Reply ]
Sounds like they borrowed the mellotron from the old Moody Blues.
Posted 20 years ago by gregorbill    [ Reply ]
CastelloKid wrote:
The is a ripoff of a Stones Song!!! Love is strong and your so sweet and someday baby we gotta meet. :|
Hardly. Are you actually listening to the song? Different tempo, different melody, different voice. But yeah, other than that, a perfect match!
Posted 21 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
The is a ripoff of a Stones Song!!! Love is strong and your so sweet and someday baby we gotta meet. :|
Posted 21 years ago by CastelloKid    [ Reply ]
Musical stylings are almost intiresting, but the lyrics are a bit trite for my tastes (at least at the moment)
Posted 21 years ago by ianguy    [ Reply ]
I have heard more Cracker in the past 2 days than I have in my whole life. Really quite annoying.
Posted 21 years ago by dignan2    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by veegez: They aren't, but.......actually the synthesis of Cracker and Uncle Kracker could be something. You might have stumbled onto something there.....
Posted 21 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by tomnam: I don't know much about Cracker (the band) - Is (are) Uncle Cracker have anything to do with Cracker? Are they (he) (them) the same?
They aren't, but.......actually the synthesis of Cracker and Uncle Kracker could be something. You might have stumbled onto something there.....
Posted 21 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
I just wish this hook could last forever.... One line per song, please
Posted 21 years ago by DickStock    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by tomnam: I don't know much about Cracker (the band) - Is (are) Uncle Cracker have anything to do with Cracker? Are they (he) (them) the same?
Check out the bands on the AMG site (see link above). They have nothing to do with one another.
Posted 21 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
I don\'t know much about Cracker (the band) - Is (are) Uncle Cracker have anything to do with Cracker? Are they (he) (them) the same?
Posted 21 years ago by tomnam    [ Reply ]
This has a different sound from some of their other stuff, but I never heard a song from cracker that I didn\'t like
Posted 21 years ago by Ellesbee    [ Reply ]
:roll: It sounds like driving through...forever
Posted 21 years ago by agentbage    [ Reply ]
Nice little song. At first, it sounded like this could be a Tom Petty song from his early days...
Posted 21 years ago by the_om    [ Reply ]