Argentina (Parts I, II, III) Lyrics

[Argentina Part: I]

Oh what a girl
I wish you had another sister
For me
I’d take her to the park
While you were at work

How many kinds of people do you think there really are
For me?
Enough to fill a room
Enough to fill a mall

One sunset falls on the sea
You are not crying

Oh what a girl
I wish we had a conversation
Face to face

Cuz when you speak
You speak in waves


But then you go into your secret place and hide
From me
I wanna look in all the dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark corners
One season you wait and see
You are not crying

One lover turns into me
You are not crying
For me

Oh, Argentina!

Born in 1988
Give or take
We share bottles
We share gum
When you smile
You smile with all your teeth at once

Oh what a girl I want you wearing my t-shirt
X-L
Yeah! You wear it well!

How many kinds of people do you think there really are
For me?
I want to see you in the bright, bright, bright, bright, bright, bright, bright, bright morning

One sunset pink on the sea
You are not crying
One lover turns into me
You are not crying
For me

Oh, Argentina!

Born in 1988
Give or take a year or month or wedding day
We share bottles
We share gum
When you smile
You smile with all your teeth at once

And when you smile with all your teeth
Yeah, I’m done

And when you smile with all your teeth
Yeah, I’m done

I don’t want to want you like I want you
I don’t want to want you like I want you
I don’t want to want you like I want you
I don’t want to want you like I want you
I don’t want to want you like I want you

[Argentina Part: II]
Television wakes me up
With the sound of a gun
Feeling like I’m here alone
But I’m not the only one

You were lying next to me
Wearing someone else’s clothes
Have I been asleep for long
In the informercial glow? Whoa

Now I see the things that I have done
Everything in focus all at once

[Argentina Part: III]

When I was an infant
I could see it clear

When I was a lover
I could see it clear

And yeah
I could be a fool
Sometimes

But I was a lover
And I could see it clear

‘Cause if I had known
That you were
Only here for the weekend

‘Cause if I had only known
What you were thinking

I would have been
So, so, so, so
Much nicer

So, so, so, so
Much nicer

If I was a lighthouse
I would look all
Over the place

If I was an asshole
Thank you for keeping
A smile on your face

And yeah
I could be a fool
Most of the time

But I was a lover
And I could see it clear

‘Cause if I had known
That you were
Only here for the weekend

‘Cause if I had only known
What you were thinking

I would have been
So, so, so, so much nicer
So, so, so, so much nicer

Yeah

I can see it
I can see it
Clear

I can see it
Clear

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Part 1 is about being in love with a girl he can’t be with for whatever reason (perhaps she is already taken).

Part 2 seems to suggest that he’s spent the night with her, and may regret it.

Part 3 is about the feeling of clarity you have when you’re in love with someone. It’s also an apology for not treating her as nicely as he should have.

Sidenote: Part 3 was originally going to be a separate song and titled “See It Clear”.

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Release Date
December 11, 2013
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