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.
Watch when they walk by
Guys get the wondering eye
They rather get smacked then not look back
Tell you what's up with that
They see that wobble wobble
Shaped just like a cola bottle
Thought you was a model
Itty bitty waist
Hip-hips all in they face
That's gonna get them boys in trouble
Get his attention on the double
She got a walk so mean gotta see it to believe
(hey)
She got them
Baby makin' hips
Ba baby baby makin' hips
She got them baby makin' hips
When she walk they watchin' and she knows it
She got them baby makin' hips
Ba baby baby makin' hips
Watch her watch her work them curves
Don't be mad you got some nerves
Strut without a care
Gloss them lips slick back that hair
That suit fits you like a mitten
Got them wishing picturing you with them
Caught em watching
Like that dude I bet you got em
Wrapped around your french manicure finger tips
That boy like em thick
That's gonna get them boys in trouble
Get his attention on the double
She got a walk so mean gotta see it to believe
She got them
Baby makin' hips (she got)
Ba baby baby makin' hips (we got)
She got them baby makin' hips (and when she walks)
When she walk they watchin' and she knows it
(they watching yes they watching)
She got them baby makin' hips (we can't help it)
Ba baby baby makin' hips
Watch her watch her work them curves (oh yeah)
Don't be mad you got some nerve
You gotta feel like he really wanna get it
If he with it then you get em and go, go
Just put it on em to late to warn him
Time to show them boys how you roll
That's it, that's it just like that (come on girl)
That's it, that's it just like that (work em out)
That's it, that's it just like that (yeah)
Wait a minute
Better hold him with those
She got them
Baby makin' hips (baby)
Ba baby baby makin' hips (baby makin')
She got them baby makin' hips (ooh wee cutie)
When she walk they watchin' and she knows it
She got them baby makin' hips
(she got em, she got em)
Ba baby baby makin' hips
(we got em, we got em)
Watch her watch her work them curves
Don't be mad you got some nerve (ooh wee cutie)
Guys get the wondering eye
They rather get smacked then not look back
Tell you what's up with that
They see that wobble wobble
Shaped just like a cola bottle
Thought you was a model
Itty bitty waist
Hip-hips all in they face
That's gonna get them boys in trouble
Get his attention on the double
She got a walk so mean gotta see it to believe
(hey)
She got them
Baby makin' hips
Ba baby baby makin' hips
She got them baby makin' hips
When she walk they watchin' and she knows it
She got them baby makin' hips
Ba baby baby makin' hips
Watch her watch her work them curves
Don't be mad you got some nerves
Strut without a care
Gloss them lips slick back that hair
That suit fits you like a mitten
Got them wishing picturing you with them
Caught em watching
Like that dude I bet you got em
Wrapped around your french manicure finger tips
That boy like em thick
That's gonna get them boys in trouble
Get his attention on the double
She got a walk so mean gotta see it to believe
She got them
Baby makin' hips (she got)
Ba baby baby makin' hips (we got)
She got them baby makin' hips (and when she walks)
When she walk they watchin' and she knows it
(they watching yes they watching)
She got them baby makin' hips (we can't help it)
Ba baby baby makin' hips
Watch her watch her work them curves (oh yeah)
Don't be mad you got some nerve
You gotta feel like he really wanna get it
If he with it then you get em and go, go
Just put it on em to late to warn him
Time to show them boys how you roll
That's it, that's it just like that (come on girl)
That's it, that's it just like that (work em out)
That's it, that's it just like that (yeah)
Wait a minute
Better hold him with those
She got them
Baby makin' hips (baby)
Ba baby baby makin' hips (baby makin')
She got them baby makin' hips (ooh wee cutie)
When she walk they watchin' and she knows it
She got them baby makin' hips
(she got em, she got em)
Ba baby baby makin' hips
(we got em, we got em)
Watch her watch her work them curves
Don't be mad you got some nerve (ooh wee cutie)
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