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.
Looking for a girl to hug and hold
To cuddle by the fire when the air gets cold
To give me company when I feel gray
A friendly girl with who I can play
She must be good, she must be bad
She must be sweet and sometimes sad
She must not mind talking about death
She must not mind my stinking breath
Oh yeah
I'm looking for a girl, oh yeah
Lord, please help me find myself a girl
Oh yeah
I'm looking for a girl who acts like a man
A girl who wants to hold my hand
A girl who loves fish and eggs
A girl who never shaves her legs
A girl who knows what to say
When I tell her to go away
A girl that'll smile and sometimes frown
A girl that'll tear my apartment down
A girl that likes to have a good time
A girl that's involved in organized crime
Oh yeah
I'm looking for a girl, oh yeah
Lord, please help me find myself a girl
Oh yeah
I'm looking in New Mexico and New Orleans
Chicago, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Queens
Looking in New Jersey, Green Bay
I'm looking all over the entire state
I gotta find a girl, I don't care what size
I don't give a damn about the color of her eyes
Skin can be black or skin can be white
She only has to love me and hold me tight
She must love to play with me in the snow
Stay away from the local disco
Fly back in the crack of blue
Shimmy shimmy shama go bamu!
A girl that's kinda wild and never a bore
That's the kind of girl I'm looking for
Oh yeah
I'm looking for a girl, oh yeah
Lord, please help me find myself a girl
Oh yeah
I'm searching, I'm searching
All across this world
Gotta find myself
That one and only special girl
I'm looking, I'm looking
All across this world
Gotta find myself
That one and only special girl
Oh yeah
To cuddle by the fire when the air gets cold
To give me company when I feel gray
A friendly girl with who I can play
She must be good, she must be bad
She must be sweet and sometimes sad
She must not mind talking about death
She must not mind my stinking breath
Oh yeah
I'm looking for a girl, oh yeah
Lord, please help me find myself a girl
Oh yeah
I'm looking for a girl who acts like a man
A girl who wants to hold my hand
A girl who loves fish and eggs
A girl who never shaves her legs
A girl who knows what to say
When I tell her to go away
A girl that'll smile and sometimes frown
A girl that'll tear my apartment down
A girl that likes to have a good time
A girl that's involved in organized crime
Oh yeah
I'm looking for a girl, oh yeah
Lord, please help me find myself a girl
Oh yeah
I'm looking in New Mexico and New Orleans
Chicago, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Queens
Looking in New Jersey, Green Bay
I'm looking all over the entire state
I gotta find a girl, I don't care what size
I don't give a damn about the color of her eyes
Skin can be black or skin can be white
She only has to love me and hold me tight
She must love to play with me in the snow
Stay away from the local disco
Fly back in the crack of blue
Shimmy shimmy shama go bamu!
A girl that's kinda wild and never a bore
That's the kind of girl I'm looking for
Oh yeah
I'm looking for a girl, oh yeah
Lord, please help me find myself a girl
Oh yeah
I'm searching, I'm searching
All across this world
Gotta find myself
That one and only special girl
I'm looking, I'm looking
All across this world
Gotta find myself
That one and only special girl
Oh yeah
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