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.
Cadillac Boy
And all he wants to do is work
How can you make him feel?
I was let down in your photographic whirl
I was in love with it
It's so much harder
Than this
So much harder
Than this
I was in the door
Didn't feel like doing work
We're staring out
We're starting now
You see me go
You feel like doing work
We're starting now
We're starving now
I let you go, you never put me out
Stop it now
Just stop now
And say, "I will"
Say, "I will"
Maybe I'm right
Maybe I'm right
Maybe I'm right on, right on, right on
You see me go and you feel like doing work
We're staring now
We're starting now
I let you go, you never put me out
Stop it now
Just stop now
And say, "I will"
Just say, "I will"
Maybe I'm right
Maybe I'm right
Maybe I'm right on, right on, right on
I said, "Hey, baby, baby, baby, I'll take you tonight"
And I'll see you on the other side, sugar
Your pleasant face, your crooked smile
Maybe tomorrow is a lifetime away
And all he wants to do is work
How can you make him feel?
I was let down in your photographic whirl
I was in love with it
It's so much harder
Than this
So much harder
Than this
I was in the door
Didn't feel like doing work
We're staring out
We're starting now
You see me go
You feel like doing work
We're starting now
We're starving now
I let you go, you never put me out
Stop it now
Just stop now
And say, "I will"
Say, "I will"
Maybe I'm right
Maybe I'm right
Maybe I'm right on, right on, right on
You see me go and you feel like doing work
We're staring now
We're starting now
I let you go, you never put me out
Stop it now
Just stop now
And say, "I will"
Just say, "I will"
Maybe I'm right
Maybe I'm right
Maybe I'm right on, right on, right on
I said, "Hey, baby, baby, baby, I'll take you tonight"
And I'll see you on the other side, sugar
Your pleasant face, your crooked smile
Maybe tomorrow is a lifetime away
Lyrics submitted by saraheliz4
Maybe I'm Right Lyrics as written by Eric Johnson Peter J. Yorn
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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