Old School Single: "Double Yellow Line" MUSIC MACHINE (1967)

By the time The Music Machine released their third single, the glory days of “Talk Talk” from just a year before was a quickly fading memory.  It was April of 1967, things were gearing up for the summer of psychedelics although the press would call it the Summer of Love.  A song about tooling down the highway, written by lead vocalist Sean Bonniwell with one hand on the wheel on the way to a recording session, would seem out of place with the times.  Too bad, it’s a garage classic.  Here’s The Music Machine farewell, which rose to number 111 on the Billboard pop charts, “Double Yellow Line.”

1967

Want you, strung out on your memory
Miss you, more than you believe
Need you, half of me I left behind
With you, when I had to leave

Now my mind's across, the double yellow line

Hang-ups, everybody's got a little
Hang-up, so how're you gonna act
Changes, I hope you know I'm going though
Changes, put me where I'm at

With my mind across, the double yellow line

Wasting, time
Got to, find
A way back, across the, double yellow line

Want me, anyway a little bit
Miss me, keep me in your mind
Need me, but baby let me warn you though

Don't cross, the double yellow line
Don't cross the double yellow line
Double yellow line
Double yellow line
Don't cross, the double yellow line
Double yellow line
Double yellow line
Double yellow line
Double yellow line

“The past is a blast.”

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