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 don't care what nobody says
We're gonna have a baby
Taking off in a Coupe de Ville
She's buckled up on navy
She don't care what her momma says
No she gonna have my baby
Taking all that I have to take
This takings gonna shake me
People call us renegades
'Cause we like living crazy
We like takin' on the town
'Cause people's getting lazy
I don't care what nobody says
No I'm gonna be her lover
Always mad and you's a drunk
But I love her like no other
And in the dark we say we don't know
Where we're gonna go
I'm a ghost and I don't think I quite know
Where we're gonna go
Where we're gonna go
People call us renegades
'Cause we like living crazy
We like takin' on the town
'Cause people's getting lazy
I don't care what nobody says
No I'm gonna be her lover
Always mad and you's a drunk
But I love her like no other
And her daddy he says he don't know
Where we're gonna go
I'm a ghost and I don't think I quite know
Where we're gonna go
Where we're gonna go
Where we're gonna go
Where we're gonna go
Where we gonna
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
People call us renegades (Whoa-a oh oh oh)
We like takin' on this town (Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
I don't care what nobody says
We're gonna have a baby
Takin' off in a Coupe de Ville
She's buckled up on navy
She don't care what her momma says
No she gonna have my baby
I'm takin' all I have to take
This takings gonna shape me
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
We're gonna have a baby
Taking off in a Coupe de Ville
She's buckled up on navy
She don't care what her momma says
No she gonna have my baby
Taking all that I have to take
This takings gonna shake me
People call us renegades
'Cause we like living crazy
We like takin' on the town
'Cause people's getting lazy
I don't care what nobody says
No I'm gonna be her lover
Always mad and you's a drunk
But I love her like no other
And in the dark we say we don't know
Where we're gonna go
I'm a ghost and I don't think I quite know
Where we're gonna go
Where we're gonna go
People call us renegades
'Cause we like living crazy
We like takin' on the town
'Cause people's getting lazy
I don't care what nobody says
No I'm gonna be her lover
Always mad and you's a drunk
But I love her like no other
And her daddy he says he don't know
Where we're gonna go
I'm a ghost and I don't think I quite know
Where we're gonna go
Where we're gonna go
Where we're gonna go
Where we're gonna go
Where we gonna
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
People call us renegades (Whoa-a oh oh oh)
We like takin' on this town (Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
I don't care what nobody says
We're gonna have a baby
Takin' off in a Coupe de Ville
She's buckled up on navy
She don't care what her momma says
No she gonna have my baby
I'm takin' all I have to take
This takings gonna shape me
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
(Whoa-a oh oh oh)
Lyrics submitted by Razorlight16
Knocked Up Lyrics as written by Jared Followill Caleb Followill
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"always mad and usually drunk but a LOVER like no other"...and "she's buckled up on MAYBE" maybe??
it's definitely "maybe", not "navy"