Song Description

Forever Man traces a couple living in San Francisco over a period of twenty-five years.

Lyrics

Frantic days
Two sardines in a small apartment
Romantic days
Thinkin' 'bout what a heart-to-heart meant

Playing PacMan on our old Atari
Always made me want to say I'm sorry
I could never take her on safari
Or show her the world

Rented flicks
We see them all on our plasma tube
Wedding pics
They gather dust like a Rubik's cube

Our travel's done thru The Amazing Race
We're marking time by the lines on my face
I see my Hunny Bunny age with grace
She's still the same girl

And we don't need to run away to Neverland
So please, just stay right here by your Forever Man
We've been through fever and we've been through chills
We'll always find a way to pay our bills
Here in the city of the seven hills
I'm not talkin' 'bout Rome

And you don't need to pay no heed to spare advice
Cuz who could ever find a better paradise?
A cable car rumbles by our door
To scattered grumbles through the ceiling and floor
And sleepy mumbles bring me back to this town, my home

'82
Tryin' to teach her to ride a bike
'92
Still tryin' to teach her to ride that bike

Team-folding blankets at the laundromat
And missing parties just to feed the cat
We're gettin' older and I'm getting fat
In this silver year

Married guy
In a room so dilapidated
Buried by
All the stuff we've accumulated
For a quarter of a century
Soon our smiles will be denture-y
But there's still a new adventure we
Can find right here

And we don't need to run away to Neverland
So please, just stay right here by your Forever-Man
We've been through fever and we've been through chills
We'll always find a way to pay our bills
Here in the city of the seven hills
I'm not talkin' 'bout Rome

And you don't need to pay no heed to spare advice
Cuz who could ever find a better paradise?
A cable car rumbles by our door
To scattered grumbles through the ceiling and floor
And sleepy mumbles bring me back to this town, my home