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.
La la la la la la la la la
There is a girl named Neely
She used to be brunette
One day she got hit
In the head wit a baguette
When she came to
Birds were spinning in the air
Neely said, “Holy shit, y’all!
I wanna change my hair!”
She went to the salon
And discussed what she should do
Neely told the stylist
She wanted something new
The stylist said, “extensions!
a keratin bond?”
But Neely said, “no!
I wanna go blond!”
Neely went blond!
What did she do?!
Neely went blond!
Her brunette days were through
Neely went blond!
Say it isn’t true!
But Neely went blond
Now she looks like Pikachu!
JAY KAY OMIGAW!
Neely be dissin’ on
her dark-haired friends
all that bleachin’
gonna give her split ends!
Oh woe is us
Our brunette is gone!
Doesn’t Neely know
That brunette’s the new blond?
La la la la la la la
Neely went blond!
It makes me blue!
Neely went blond!
Will she lose her IQ?
Neely went blond!
Color-stay shampoo!
Neely went blond!
What else she gonna do?!
Cracka please!
BRUNETTES REPRESENT!:
Joan Crawford, Audrey Hepburn, Sandra Bullock, Liz Hurley
Demi Moore, Ashley Judd, Salma Hayek, Liza Minelli!
Katie Holmes, Selma Blair, Mila Kunis, Jackie O,
Ricki Lake, Joan Jett, Posh Spice, J. Lo!
Courtney Cox, Winona Ryder, Liz Taylor, Sally Fields,
Ally Sheedy, Keanu Reeves, Natalie Portman, Brooke Shields!
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it
La la la la la la
(I cannot do the smurf, I cannot do the smurf)
I dream of Neely with the dark brown hair
And Kianna eatin’ an éclair!
And Derek and Jamie fallin’ down the stair!
And Baby Nick so cute that I crap everywhere!
WORD!
La la la la la la la
Neely went blond!
A new hairdo!
Neely went blond
Little Bunny Foo!
Neely went Blond!
Cows say moo!
Neely went blond
Now she eatin’ fondu!
WUT WUT?!
La la la la la la (I cannot do the smurf, I cannot do the smurf)
There is a girl named Neely
She used to be brunette
One day she got hit
In the head wit a baguette
When she came to
Birds were spinning in the air
Neely said, “Holy shit, y’all!
I wanna change my hair!”
She went to the salon
And discussed what she should do
Neely told the stylist
She wanted something new
The stylist said, “extensions!
a keratin bond?”
But Neely said, “no!
I wanna go blond!”
Neely went blond!
What did she do?!
Neely went blond!
Her brunette days were through
Neely went blond!
Say it isn’t true!
But Neely went blond
Now she looks like Pikachu!
JAY KAY OMIGAW!
Neely be dissin’ on
her dark-haired friends
all that bleachin’
gonna give her split ends!
Oh woe is us
Our brunette is gone!
Doesn’t Neely know
That brunette’s the new blond?
La la la la la la la
Neely went blond!
It makes me blue!
Neely went blond!
Will she lose her IQ?
Neely went blond!
Color-stay shampoo!
Neely went blond!
What else she gonna do?!
Cracka please!
BRUNETTES REPRESENT!:
Joan Crawford, Audrey Hepburn, Sandra Bullock, Liz Hurley
Demi Moore, Ashley Judd, Salma Hayek, Liza Minelli!
Katie Holmes, Selma Blair, Mila Kunis, Jackie O,
Ricki Lake, Joan Jett, Posh Spice, J. Lo!
Courtney Cox, Winona Ryder, Liz Taylor, Sally Fields,
Ally Sheedy, Keanu Reeves, Natalie Portman, Brooke Shields!
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it
La la la la la la
(I cannot do the smurf, I cannot do the smurf)
I dream of Neely with the dark brown hair
And Kianna eatin’ an éclair!
And Derek and Jamie fallin’ down the stair!
And Baby Nick so cute that I crap everywhere!
WORD!
La la la la la la la
Neely went blond!
A new hairdo!
Neely went blond
Little Bunny Foo!
Neely went Blond!
Cows say moo!
Neely went blond
Now she eatin’ fondu!
WUT WUT?!
La la la la la la (I cannot do the smurf, I cannot do the smurf)
Lyrics submitted by MirandaLoren
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