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.
I'm just a gigolo and ev'rywhere I go
People know the bar I'm playing
Pay for every dance
Selling each romance
Ooh, I could say
There would come a day
When news will pass away
What could they say about me
When the end comes I know
There were just the gigolos
Right cuz I'm without me
I'm just a gigolo everywhere I go
People know the butt it's playing
Pay for every dance
Selling each romance
Ooh, I could say
There would come a day
When news will pass away
What could they say about me
When the end comes I know
There were just the gigolos
Right cuz I'm without me
Cuz I ain't got nobody
Nobody cares for me,
Nobody, nobody cares for me
I'm so sad and lonely
Sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won't some sweet mama come
And take a chance with me
Cuz I ain't so bad
Sad and lonesome all the time
Even on the beat, on the, on the beat
I ain't got nobody
Nobody cares for me,
Nobody, nobody
Really ain't got nobody,
Sad and lonesome
Baby need love
I, I, I, ain't got nobody
Nobody, nobody cares for me,
Nobody, nobody
I'm so sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won't some sweet mama come
And take a chance with me
Cuz I ain't so bad
Really want that soul,
Little loving soul all the time
Even on the beat, cherry
Ccherry on the beat
Need a long tall darling, mama
Feeling sick
Got nobody, no, nobody, nobody
Nobody, nobody,
No one, no one
Loopey loop, darling, darling
Getting serious, got to see the walls
Over there. nobody, got no one, nobody
Nobody, nobody, nobody
Nobody, nobody cares for me
People know the bar I'm playing
Pay for every dance
Selling each romance
Ooh, I could say
There would come a day
When news will pass away
What could they say about me
When the end comes I know
There were just the gigolos
Right cuz I'm without me
I'm just a gigolo everywhere I go
People know the butt it's playing
Pay for every dance
Selling each romance
Ooh, I could say
There would come a day
When news will pass away
What could they say about me
When the end comes I know
There were just the gigolos
Right cuz I'm without me
Cuz I ain't got nobody
Nobody cares for me,
Nobody, nobody cares for me
I'm so sad and lonely
Sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won't some sweet mama come
And take a chance with me
Cuz I ain't so bad
Sad and lonesome all the time
Even on the beat, on the, on the beat
I ain't got nobody
Nobody cares for me,
Nobody, nobody
Really ain't got nobody,
Sad and lonesome
Baby need love
I, I, I, ain't got nobody
Nobody, nobody cares for me,
Nobody, nobody
I'm so sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won't some sweet mama come
And take a chance with me
Cuz I ain't so bad
Really want that soul,
Little loving soul all the time
Even on the beat, cherry
Ccherry on the beat
Need a long tall darling, mama
Feeling sick
Got nobody, no, nobody, nobody
Nobody, nobody,
No one, no one
Loopey loop, darling, darling
Getting serious, got to see the walls
Over there. nobody, got no one, nobody
Nobody, nobody, nobody
Nobody, nobody cares for me
Lyrics submitted by Ulalume
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those lyrics are terrible. here's a better version:
Just a gigolo everywhere I go people know the part I'm playing
Paid for every dance selling each romance every night some heart be traying
There will come a day youth will pass away then what will they say about me
When the end comes I know they'll say just a gigolo as life goes on without me
'Cause I aint got nobody nobody nobody cares for me I'm so sad and lonely sad and lonely sad and lonely Won't some sweet mama come and take a chance with me cause I aint so bad
Get along with me babe, been singin love songs All of the time Even only be, honey only, only be Bop bozadee bozadee bop zitty bop
I ain't got nobody 'cept love songs in love Hummala bebhuhla zeebuhla boobuhla hummala bebhuhla zeebuhla bop
I ain't got nobody, nobody, nobody cares for me Nobody , nobody I'm so sad and lonely, sad and lonely, sad and lonely, Won't some sweet mama come and take a chance with me cause I aint so bad
Get along with me babe, been singin love songs All of the time Even only be, honey only, only be
"be traying" ... do you mean betraying? Or do you not speak English well.