In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I'm just a gigolo and ev'rywhere I go
People know the part I'm playing
Pay for every dance selling each romance
Ooh, what they/re sayin
There would come a day
When youth will pass away
What will they say about me
When the end comes I know
They say "He was just a gigolo"
Life goes on without me
I'm just a gigolo and everywhere I go
People know the part Dave's playing
Pay for every dance selling each romance
Ooh, I what they're sayin
There would come a day
When youth will pass away
What will they say about me
When the end comes I know
There was just a gigolos
Life goes on without me
'Cuz I ain't got nobody
Nobody cares for me, nobody
Nobody cares for me
I'm so sad and lonely
Sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won't some sweet mama come
And take a chance with me
'Cuz I ain't so bad
Sad and lonesome all of the time
Even on the beat, on the, on the beat
I ain't got nobody
Nobody cares for me, nobody, nobody
I, I, I, ain't got nobody
Nobody, nobody cares for me
Nobody, nobody
I'm so sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won't some sweet mama
Come and take a chance with me
'Cuz I ain't so bad
Really want that soul
Little loving soul all of the time
Even on the beat, cherry, cherry on the beat
Need a long tall darling, mama
Feeling sick, got nobody
No, nobody, nobody
Nobody, nobody, no one, no one
Loopey loop, darling, darling
Getting serious, got to see the walls
Over there, nobody, got no one, nobody
Nobody, nobody, nobody
Nobody, nobody cares for me
People know the part I'm playing
Pay for every dance selling each romance
Ooh, what they/re sayin
There would come a day
When youth will pass away
What will they say about me
When the end comes I know
They say "He was just a gigolo"
Life goes on without me
I'm just a gigolo and everywhere I go
People know the part Dave's playing
Pay for every dance selling each romance
Ooh, I what they're sayin
There would come a day
When youth will pass away
What will they say about me
When the end comes I know
There was just a gigolos
Life goes on without me
'Cuz I ain't got nobody
Nobody cares for me, nobody
Nobody cares for me
I'm so sad and lonely
Sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won't some sweet mama come
And take a chance with me
'Cuz I ain't so bad
Sad and lonesome all of the time
Even on the beat, on the, on the beat
I ain't got nobody
Nobody cares for me, nobody, nobody
I, I, I, ain't got nobody
Nobody, nobody cares for me
Nobody, nobody
I'm so sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won't some sweet mama
Come and take a chance with me
'Cuz I ain't so bad
Really want that soul
Little loving soul all of the time
Even on the beat, cherry, cherry on the beat
Need a long tall darling, mama
Feeling sick, got nobody
No, nobody, nobody
Nobody, nobody, no one, no one
Loopey loop, darling, darling
Getting serious, got to see the walls
Over there, nobody, got no one, nobody
Nobody, nobody, nobody
Nobody, nobody cares for me
Lyrics submitted by UseYourIllusion, edited by Branjawn
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