The Ataris - So Long, Astoria - So Long, Astoria - Lyrics, Music, Songs

Artist: The Ataris

Album: So Long, Astoria (2003)

"So Long, Astoria"

It was the first snow of the season
i can almost see you breathin
in the middle of that empty street

Sometimes i still see myself
in that lonesome bedroom
playin my guitar
and singing songs of hope
for a better future

life is
only
as good as the memories we make
and i'm taking back what belongs to me

polaroids of classrooms unattended
these relics of remembrence
are just like shipwrecks
only theyre gone faster
than the smell after it rains

last night while everyone was sleepin
i tripped through my old neighborhood
and resurrected memories from ashes

we said that we would never
we were really just like them
does rebellion ever make a difference

life is
only
as good as the memories we make
and im taking back what belongs to me
these relics of remembrence
are just like shipwrecks
only theyre gone faster
than the smell after it rains

So long astoria
i found a map to buried treasure
and even if we come home empty handed
well still have our stories
of battle scars, pirate ships and wounded hearts,
broken bones, and all the best of friendships

and when this hourglass
has filtered out
its final grain of sand
i raise my glass to the memories we had
this is my wish
this is my wish
im takin back
im takin them all back

Anywhere But Here (1997)

1. As We Speak
2. Bite My Tongue
3. Hey, Kid!
4. Take Me Back
5. Are We There Yet?
6. Angry Nerd Rock
7. Let It Go
8. Lately
9. Alone In Santa Cruz
10. Make It Last
11. Sleepy
12. Four Chord Wonder
13. Blind And Unkind
14. Clara
15. Myself
16. Neilhouse
17. Perfectly Happy
18. Boxcar
19. Ray...
20. Blind And Unkind
21. Butterfly

Look Forward To Failure EP (1998)

1. San Dimas High School Football Rules
2. Not A Worry In The World
3. My So Called Life
4. Between You And Me
5. That Special Girl

Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exit (1999)

1. Losing Streak
2. 1*15*96
3. San Dimas High School Football Rules
4. Your Boyfriend Sucks
5. I Won't Spend Another Night Alone
6. Broken Promise Ring
7. Angry Nerd Rock
8. The Last Song I Will Ever Write About a Girl
9. Choices
10. Better Way
11. My Hotel Year
12. Life Makes No Sense
13. Answer
14. In Spite Of The World

Let It Burn (2000)

1. The Radio Still Sucks
2. Song For A Mix Tape
3. P.S. The Scene Is Dead
4. Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits
5. Let It Burn
6. How I Spent My Summer Vacation
7. On With The Show
8. San Dimas High School Football Rules (Acoustic)
9. Bad Case Of Broken Heart
10. San Dimas High School Football Rules (Acoustic)

End Is Forever (2001)

1. Giving Up On Love
2. Summer Wind Was Always Our Song
3. I.O.U. One Galaxy
4. Bad Case Of Broken Heart
5. Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
6. Road Signs + Rock Songs
7. If You Really Want To Hear About It...
8. Fast Times At Drop-Out High
9. Song For A Mix Tape
10. You Need A Hug
11. How I Spent My Summer Vacation
12. Teenage Riot
13. Song 13
14. Hello & Goodbye
15. Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
16. If You Really Want To Hear About It...
17. Hello & Goodbye

So Long, Astoria (2003)

1. So Long, Astoria
2. Takeoffs and Landings
3. In This Diary
4. My Reply
5. Unopened Letter to the World
6. The Saddest Song
7. Summer '79
8. The Hero Dies In This One
9. All You Can Ever Learn Is What You Already Know
10. The Boys Of Summer
11. A Beautiful Mistake
12. Radio #2
13. Looking Back On Today
14. 8 of 9
15. Summer '79
16. Eight Of Nine

Miscellaneous Tracks

1. The Night The Lights Went Out In NYC
2. I Remember You
3. Carnage
4. Anderson
5. Ben Lee
6. Elvis Was A Skinhead
7. Kristine's A Punk
8. The Night The Lights Went Out In NYC

LOOK FORWARD TO FAILURE

1. Between You And Me
2. My So Called Life
3. Not A Worry In The World
4. San Dimas High School Football Rules
5. That Special Girl

BLUE SKIES, BROKEN HEARTS... NEXT 12 EXITS

1. Losing Streak
2. 1*15*96
3. San Dimas High School Football Rules
4. Your Boyfriend Sucks
5. I Won't Spend Another Night Alone
6. Broken Promise Ring
7. Angry Nerd Rock
8. The Last Song I Will Ever Write About a Girl
9. Choices
10. Better Way
11. My Hotel Year
12. Life Makes No Sense
13. Answer
14. In Spite Of The World