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 got a girl
And she's got a daisy
Crazy hazy daisy
And she's sunny side up
She carries around
A bag of groovy marbles
Every color, baby
'Cause she's sunny side up
Hey Baby
Her name is Delilah (x2)
And she's a lady
And if she were an egg
She'd be sunny side up
And when she's up to bat
She hits down the middle
She rocks 'em good and plenty
And she's six feet tall
She learned to speak French
And moved to Paris, Ohio
She bought some old forty-fives
And a pair of kee-highs
She's got a tire swing
Hangin' in the shower
She's a rubba dubba dolly
'Cause she's sunny side up
9 out of 10
Doctors agree
If she was an egg
She'd be sunny side up
Hey Baby
Her name is Delilah (x2)
And she's a lady
'Cause if she were an egg
She'd be sunny side up
When she was 11
Someone threw the phone at her
And broke her collarbone
And knocked her right on the floor
And when she was 12
In her Betty Crocco oven
She whipped up some eggs
And made 'em sunny side up
Hey hey Baby
Her name is Delilililililah
Her name is Delilah
And she's a lady
And if she were an egg!
She'd be sunny side up
And she's got a daisy
Crazy hazy daisy
And she's sunny side up
She carries around
A bag of groovy marbles
Every color, baby
'Cause she's sunny side up
Hey Baby
Her name is Delilah (x2)
And she's a lady
And if she were an egg
She'd be sunny side up
And when she's up to bat
She hits down the middle
She rocks 'em good and plenty
And she's six feet tall
She learned to speak French
And moved to Paris, Ohio
She bought some old forty-fives
And a pair of kee-highs
She's got a tire swing
Hangin' in the shower
She's a rubba dubba dolly
'Cause she's sunny side up
9 out of 10
Doctors agree
If she was an egg
She'd be sunny side up
Hey Baby
Her name is Delilah (x2)
And she's a lady
'Cause if she were an egg
She'd be sunny side up
When she was 11
Someone threw the phone at her
And broke her collarbone
And knocked her right on the floor
And when she was 12
In her Betty Crocco oven
She whipped up some eggs
And made 'em sunny side up
Hey hey Baby
Her name is Delilililililah
Her name is Delilah
And she's a lady
And if she were an egg!
She'd be sunny side up
Lyrics submitted by pheine
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