Context

This line is from the song "The Boys of Summer" by Don Henley from the album Building the Perfect Beast (1984).

This line is about reminiscing on the passage of time, specifically when it comes to summer romances. It's a promise to a past love that no matter how much time passes—and no matter how much of our clothing they threw out of the window when we broke up—they'll hold a special place in our hearts.

Even if it was a lot of clothing…like, all of our clothes. We're still paying off the dry cleaning bill.

But yeah…fond place in our hearts.

Where you've heard it

The punk rock band, The Ataris, covered this song in 2003—that may be the one you know.

Either way, you'll have heard the line from anyone feeling nostalgic about days gone by. It's a great song for reminiscing on long summer days spent exploring in the sun, and sweet summer nights spent playing the guitar and drinking iced tea on the patio. 

Now if you'd excuse us, we have a Tamagotchi that we let die way back in 1998 to reminisce about.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

We're all for reminiscing about the past, but dropping this line when talking about how awesome your Beanie Baby collection was way back when may earn you an eye-roll or two, no matter how cool that collection was.