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.
Mommi you got a minute
Just wanted to say I love the way your linen
Is huggin' your hips, one dimple when your grinnin'
No pretendin' I'm here to put my bed in (my bed in)
For real that's no kiddin' (nope)
Complex fantasy, thoughts are forbidden (uh huh)
Just save those playful thoughts for the children (yeah)
Six John, Mr McKnight is about business
She's super fly but she don't know it
She might be mad but she don't show it
She stands alone above the rest
She makes me pass the gamma test
She hurts the lies but she don't tell it
I want to be loved,I want to be right
I want to lay up with the same somebody every night
I want to be one,I want to be real
I've got someone who feels the same way that I feel
I'm lookin' for a you-turn girl, from up around the way
You-turn girl, every night and every day
You-Turn girl, if I never do the personality
You-Turn girl, sounds good to me, sounds good to me
Yo I double back (oh!) 360 degrees spin it
Two-a-smooth steering wheel one finger in it
Nineteens a touch, twenties a rub, twenty ones on that luxury
Its more than enough, pull up with a
Your body kept it up, I never went Hollywood
Just stepped it up
So what I speak you should see it is true
She loved the Modena but never seen em in blue!
(Yeah)
You make me work but not that hard
I might just let her drive my car
'Cause' she won't go disrespectin' me
She'll be my queen and come with me
She'll be the one to give my all
I want to be loved, and I want to be right
I want to lay up with the same somebody every night
I want to be one, I want to be real
I've got someone who feels the same way that I feel
I'm lookin' for a you-turn girl, from up around the way
You-turn girl, every night and every day
You-Turn girl, the attitude of a personality
You-Turn girl, sounds good to me, good to me
(U-Turn girl, good to me)
(shes a you-turn girl,good to me, good to me)
(U-Turn girl, good to me)
(U-Turn girl,you-Turn girl)
Slow down rock be killin' 'em
I think I'm ready to wake up with the same somebody
So when they ask in the interviews, I can name somebody
I used to gang some hotties
And get right without gettin' the names from hotties, but
I'm bustin' a you-turn out the player lane,
Still struttin' smooth without the player cane,
Never Fabulous Brian Mcnkight connection
Two brothers that's throbbin' in the right direction
I'm lookin' for a you-turn girl, from up around the way, (up around the way)
You-turn girl, every night and every day
You-Turn girl, the attitude of a personality
You-Turn girl, sounds good to me, good to me
You-turn girl, from up around the way
You-turn girl, every night and every day
You-Turn girl, the attitude of a personality
You-Turn girl, sounds good to me, good to me, good to me
(hey, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Just wanted to say I love the way your linen
Is huggin' your hips, one dimple when your grinnin'
No pretendin' I'm here to put my bed in (my bed in)
For real that's no kiddin' (nope)
Complex fantasy, thoughts are forbidden (uh huh)
Just save those playful thoughts for the children (yeah)
Six John, Mr McKnight is about business
She's super fly but she don't know it
She might be mad but she don't show it
She stands alone above the rest
She makes me pass the gamma test
She hurts the lies but she don't tell it
I want to be loved,I want to be right
I want to lay up with the same somebody every night
I want to be one,I want to be real
I've got someone who feels the same way that I feel
I'm lookin' for a you-turn girl, from up around the way
You-turn girl, every night and every day
You-Turn girl, if I never do the personality
You-Turn girl, sounds good to me, sounds good to me
Yo I double back (oh!) 360 degrees spin it
Two-a-smooth steering wheel one finger in it
Nineteens a touch, twenties a rub, twenty ones on that luxury
Its more than enough, pull up with a
Your body kept it up, I never went Hollywood
Just stepped it up
So what I speak you should see it is true
She loved the Modena but never seen em in blue!
(Yeah)
You make me work but not that hard
I might just let her drive my car
'Cause' she won't go disrespectin' me
She'll be my queen and come with me
She'll be the one to give my all
I want to be loved, and I want to be right
I want to lay up with the same somebody every night
I want to be one, I want to be real
I've got someone who feels the same way that I feel
I'm lookin' for a you-turn girl, from up around the way
You-turn girl, every night and every day
You-Turn girl, the attitude of a personality
You-Turn girl, sounds good to me, good to me
(U-Turn girl, good to me)
(shes a you-turn girl,good to me, good to me)
(U-Turn girl, good to me)
(U-Turn girl,you-Turn girl)
Slow down rock be killin' 'em
I think I'm ready to wake up with the same somebody
So when they ask in the interviews, I can name somebody
I used to gang some hotties
And get right without gettin' the names from hotties, but
I'm bustin' a you-turn out the player lane,
Still struttin' smooth without the player cane,
Never Fabulous Brian Mcnkight connection
Two brothers that's throbbin' in the right direction
I'm lookin' for a you-turn girl, from up around the way, (up around the way)
You-turn girl, every night and every day
You-Turn girl, the attitude of a personality
You-Turn girl, sounds good to me, good to me
You-turn girl, from up around the way
You-turn girl, every night and every day
You-Turn girl, the attitude of a personality
You-Turn girl, sounds good to me, good to me, good to me
(hey, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
U Turn Lyrics as written by Brian Kelly Mcknight Al Green
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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