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Name for You - The Shins

Album: Heartworms

genre: Indie Pop Indie Rock

My girl, if you’re lucky one day
Rolling down the ancient high street you’ll find
In the mirror reflects a woman in her prime
Can you make your way out?
In a world dearly won
Well it’s yours love
You can move it around
Given all the drops in the ocean
Better take it one sip at a time
Somebody with an antique notion
Comes along to tighten the line
They’re just afraid of you speaking your mind

They’ve got a name for you girls
What’s in a name?
They got a name for everything
All of the clothes that you wear
And all of your bits and pieces yeah

You’re flipping through the check-stand rags it appears
There ain’t no time to waste, you’re getting on in years
You can keep your can up
If you just never eat again
It’s a means to a terrible end
Even if your plan is successful
Have you really got room in your life?
Yeah and it’s a bland kind of torture
You’ve played the mother and wife
But what do you really dream of at night?

They’ve got a name for you girls
What’s in a name?
They’ve got a name for you girls
What’s in a name?
They got a name for everything
All of the clothes that you wear
And all of your bits and pieces yeah

They’ve got a name for you girls
Some stupid name
They’ve got a name for you girls
What’s in a name?
What’s in a name?
What’s in a name?
What’s in a name?
What’s in a name?

Photo source The Alternative Outfit

Lyrics added by Thomas B. Watts

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"Name for You" is the second single off The Shins "Heartworms".
Song details
  • Video Direction: Jon Sortland
  • Publishing: Columbia
  • Co-Production: James Mercer
  • Mixing: Yuuki Matthews
  • Composition: James Mercer
  • Video Production: Jon Sortland & James Spencer
  • Vocals: James Mercer
  • Release Date: January 5, 2017
The Shins frontman, James Mercer said in an interview with NPR that the song "is a hopeful ode of empowerment to Mercer’s daughters".