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.
Happy hour belongs to America's best-loved thugs
Here comes the 4-wheel prosthetic penises
Got yer gun racks, tractor tires and lynch mob drivers
We couldn't find a chick to sit in the middle
So we drink ourselves sick
Lean out the windows and pinch ass instead
We are the Goons of Hazzard
Glorified on your TV
We run down bikes and hitch hikers
And we know we'll get off scot-free
We're the vigilante heroes of your tough-guy flicks
Bashing punks and bums and fags
With our baseball bats
No deer to blow away in the woods today
So we go to Oroville and shoot a black kid down
Or waste demonstrators in Greensboro instead
We are the Goons of Hazzard
Glorified on your TV
We leave you in a pool of blood
'Cos we know we'll get off scot-free
Let's get him
C'mere
C'mere-
Say something to me?
We've got him cornered
We've got him cornered
Is anybody looking?
Does anybody even care?
No
Local papers paint us up to be big heroes
City fathers and Chambers of Commerce want us deputized
The stoner Gestapo keepin' your town clean
Get a shave, kid
We'll pay you as a strike-breaker
Maybe you'll make Tac Squad or L.A.P.D.
We are the Goons of Hazzard
Glorified on your TV
We leave you in a pool of blood
And we always get off scot-free.
Here comes the 4-wheel prosthetic penises
Got yer gun racks, tractor tires and lynch mob drivers
We couldn't find a chick to sit in the middle
So we drink ourselves sick
Lean out the windows and pinch ass instead
We are the Goons of Hazzard
Glorified on your TV
We run down bikes and hitch hikers
And we know we'll get off scot-free
We're the vigilante heroes of your tough-guy flicks
Bashing punks and bums and fags
With our baseball bats
No deer to blow away in the woods today
So we go to Oroville and shoot a black kid down
Or waste demonstrators in Greensboro instead
We are the Goons of Hazzard
Glorified on your TV
We leave you in a pool of blood
'Cos we know we'll get off scot-free
Let's get him
C'mere
C'mere-
Say something to me?
We've got him cornered
We've got him cornered
Is anybody looking?
Does anybody even care?
No
Local papers paint us up to be big heroes
City fathers and Chambers of Commerce want us deputized
The stoner Gestapo keepin' your town clean
Get a shave, kid
We'll pay you as a strike-breaker
Maybe you'll make Tac Squad or L.A.P.D.
We are the Goons of Hazzard
Glorified on your TV
We leave you in a pool of blood
And we always get off scot-free.
Lyrics submitted by Ice
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haha sounds like another song about rednecks to me...
i never saw the dukes of hazzard, explain how it relates to the song plz?
It's a great song song, the funny thing is this ad under it says "80s T-Shirts and Hats Shop for 80s t-shirts like Pac Man Rocky, {Dukes of Hazzard} and more!" It's just funny because you guys brought them up.
It's about cops. Come on, its obvious...
Actually... It's about the TV show called "Dukes Of Hazzard"... I am really starting to think you should invest in a brain Vicki.