Loeb carried the momentum of her early success into a multi-dimensional career encompassing music, film, television, voice-over work and children’s recordings. Her five acclaimed studio CDs include her major label debut, the gold-selling "Tails" and its follow-ups, the Grammy-nominated, gold-selling "Firecracker" (1997), "Cake and Pie" (2002; re-released with three bonus tracks as "Hello Lisa"), and "The Way It Really Is" (2004).
She tours worldwide and has captivated a younger audience as she released award-winning "Catch the Moon" in 2003, and 5 years later "Camp Lisa" in 2008. In conjunction with this project, she launched her own non-profit, The Camp Lisa Foundation, designed to help underprivileged kids attend summer camp through its partnership with Summer Camp Opportunities Provide an Edge, Inc. (S.C.O.P.E.). Loeb has starred in two television series, "Dweezil and Lisa", a weekly culinary adventure for the Food Network and "No. 1 Single", a dating show on the E! Network in 2006.
Her greatest hits compilation, "The Very Best of Lisa Loeb", was released through Universal in January 2006 .
Her seventh studio album "No Fairy Tale" was released on January 29, 2013, by 429 Records. Her eighth album "A Simple Trick to Happiness" was released on February 28, 2020.
Loeb tours with and without her band, such as touring with Daru Oda and Adam Levy. Other band members have included Mark Spencer, Matt Beck, Ronny Crawford, Joe Quigley, Joe Travers, Mark Meadows, Michael Eisenstein, Dave Gibbs, and Leland Sklar.
Take Me Back
Lisa Loeb Lyrics
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Hanging out in the parking lot
Like the day would never end.
You came up with all the plans
I'll be waiting by my window,
In your brother's car you've come to rescue me
Cause I need you to
Take me out, make me laugh
Back home, all alone
And it makes me sad, cause now you won't
Take me out, make me laugh
Never say now I want to go
Back home, all alone
And it makes me sad, cause now you won't.
We used to dream all day.
Play guitar like a rock and roll star
Sing along while the record played
'round and 'round and 'round
We would never come down
Take me out, make me laugh
Never say now I want to go
Back home, all alone
And it makes me sad, cause now you won't
Take me out, make me laugh
Never say now I want to go
Back home, all alone
And it makes me sad, cause now you won't
Let me go
If I'm the one you're holding on to
Let me go
Cause after all this time I know that I'm the one who can't let go.
Take me out, make me laugh
Never say now I want to go
Back home, all alone
And it makes me sad, cause now you won't
Repeat chorus
We used to be best friends.
Hanging out in the parking lot like the day would never end.
Take me back.
The lyrics to Lisa Loeb's song "Take Me Back" are about nostalgia and longing for the past. The singer reminisces about a former best friend with whom she spent her days hanging out in a parking lot, dreaming, and singing. Despite having gone their separate ways, the singer yearns to go back to that time when they were carefree and happy.
The first verse sets the scene for the story, describing the bond between the two friends and their penchant for living in the moment. The second verse shows how the two friends shared a dream of becoming rock stars, with the singer imagining a world where they never come down from the high of their music. The chorus repeatedly pleads for the friend to take the singer out and make her laugh, as she longs to relive those days when she was happy and carefree.
The bridge of the song takes a turn, with the singer asking the friend to let her go. She knows that she is the one who can't move on from the past, and must be the one to break the cycle of nostalgia. The final chorus repeats the yearning plea to "take me back," while the repetition of the opening lines "we used to be best friends" drives home the sense of loss and longing.
Overall, "Take Me Back" is a beautiful, bittersweet tribute to the power of friendship and the memories that remain long after those bonds have faded.
Line by Line Meaning
We used to be best friends
The writer and the person spoken of used to be closest friends.
Hanging out in the parking lot
They would spend their time together in the parking lot.
Like the day would never end.
It felt like they could be together forever because their time together was so special.
You came up with all the plans
The person spoken of was creative and came up with all the ideas for how they could spend their time together.
I'll be waiting by my window,
The writer would anxiously await the person spoken of's arrival.
In your brother's car you've come to rescue me
The person spoken of would come to take the writer away in their brother's car.
Cause I need you to
The writer depended on the person spoken of's presence and companionship.
Take me out, make me laugh
The writer wants the person spoken of to take them out and make them laugh.
Never say now I want to go Back home, all alone And it makes me sad, cause now you won't
The writer wishes that the person spoken of would never leave them alone and that they are sad that this has changed.
We used to dream all day. Play guitar like a rock and roll star Sing along while the record played 'round and 'round and 'round We would never come down
The two would spend their days dreaming and playing music as if they were rock stars.
Let me go If I'm the one you're holding on to Let me go Cause after all this time I know that I'm the one who can't let go.
The writer feels that the person spoken of is holding onto them, but that they are the one who can't let go.
Take me back.
The writer wants to go back to the way things were before.
Lyrics © REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING
Written by: CHAD B FISCHER, LISA A. LOEB
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