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.
There was heat in the air and cops everywhere you looked
There wasn't a lot, so the breaks that you got you know you took
And I remember wonderin' where you'd been
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
They were playing, "Desolation Row" on the radio
The night Spanish Eddie fell from grace
There was amazement on his face
On the night that Eddie failed
Sanity prevailed
It was June or July when the heat from above beat down
It was famine or drought when the brothers went out of style uptown
And we was mixin' Vicks with lemon gin
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
They were playing, "Desolation Row" on the radio
The night Spanish Eddie made front page
His revolution came of age
He wrote, "Surrender" on the wall
The night he took the fall
I heard someone say, "He's trying to fly"
Like Eddie used to say, "We'll do when we die"
I know someone turned you for a fin
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
They were playing, "Desolation Row" on the radio
The night Spanish Eddie fell from grace
There was amazement on his face
On the night that Eddie failed
Sanity prevailed
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in (Spanish Eddie)
They were playing, "Desolation Row" on the radio
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in (Spanish Eddie)
They were playing, "Desolation Row" on the radio
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in (Spanish Eddie)
They were playing, "Desolation Row" on the radio
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
There wasn't a lot, so the breaks that you got you know you took
And I remember wonderin' where you'd been
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
They were playing, "Desolation Row" on the radio
The night Spanish Eddie fell from grace
There was amazement on his face
On the night that Eddie failed
Sanity prevailed
It was June or July when the heat from above beat down
It was famine or drought when the brothers went out of style uptown
And we was mixin' Vicks with lemon gin
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
They were playing, "Desolation Row" on the radio
The night Spanish Eddie made front page
His revolution came of age
He wrote, "Surrender" on the wall
The night he took the fall
I heard someone say, "He's trying to fly"
Like Eddie used to say, "We'll do when we die"
I know someone turned you for a fin
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
They were playing, "Desolation Row" on the radio
The night Spanish Eddie fell from grace
There was amazement on his face
On the night that Eddie failed
Sanity prevailed
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in (Spanish Eddie)
They were playing, "Desolation Row" on the radio
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in (Spanish Eddie)
They were playing, "Desolation Row" on the radio
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in (Spanish Eddie)
They were playing, "Desolation Row" on the radio
The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
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What is this song really about????
@vanthony Check out this link here:<br /> oldschoolerscrew.blogspot.com/2010/01/peace-by-all-means-necessary-hoe.html<br /> <br /> ...then go to Wikipedia and look up the article on the Hoe Avenue Peace Meeting. Many people believe there is a direct connection between this song and the attempted assassination of Spanish Eddie Vicinti, who was shot in the face and believed dead for a while by corrupt city officials who wished to prevent a city-wide Gang Truce. The belief was the gangs would first have a Truce but as they got older, they would become one strong force in organized crime. I'm from NYC and while I'm barely old enough to remember all those facts, when the song first hit the airwaves, I was in College and even then I was asking cops about Spanish Eddie Vicenti. He was a Youth Authority worker who had once been a gang member. He had grown very influential and was considered to be "too close" to the youth gangs so he got "Serpico'd".