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.
And you'll be my duchess
My duchess of prunes
I'm looking through the prune in june
Reveals your chest I see your lovely beans
And in that magic go-kart I bite your neck
The cheese I have for you, my dear
Is real and very new
(new cheese!)
Prune (pa-da-dah!)
If they are a fresh prune (pa-da-dah!)
Know no cheese
(Chunka, chunka cheeky chunka)
(Chunka, cheesy, stinky chunka)
And they just lie there
Taller and sickening and it just...i don't know (lo)
And I know, I think
The love I have for you will never end (well, maybe)
And so my love I offer you
A love that is strong, a prune that is true
(This is the exciting part. this is like the supremes
See the way it builds up? feel it? )
(Baby, baby, baby, baby)
(My prune is yours, my love
My cheese for you, savings through and through
My baby I do
My baby I do
My baby prunes
My baby prunes
I love you
I love you
O baby prunes
O cheesy fat
O cheesy fat
O cheesy fat)
My duchess of prunes
I'm looking through the prune in june
Reveals your chest I see your lovely beans
And in that magic go-kart I bite your neck
The cheese I have for you, my dear
Is real and very new
(new cheese!)
Prune (pa-da-dah!)
If they are a fresh prune (pa-da-dah!)
Know no cheese
(Chunka, chunka cheeky chunka)
(Chunka, cheesy, stinky chunka)
And they just lie there
Taller and sickening and it just...i don't know (lo)
And I know, I think
The love I have for you will never end (well, maybe)
And so my love I offer you
A love that is strong, a prune that is true
(This is the exciting part. this is like the supremes
See the way it builds up? feel it? )
(Baby, baby, baby, baby)
(My prune is yours, my love
My cheese for you, savings through and through
My baby I do
My baby I do
My baby prunes
My baby prunes
I love you
I love you
O baby prunes
O cheesy fat
O cheesy fat
O cheesy fat)
Lyrics submitted by ThreeMilesDown
The Duke Regains His Chops Lyrics as written by Frank Vincent Zappa
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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