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.
Slow night so long, she's frenching out the flavor
She's seventeen but I done went and plum forgot it
No tears are gone they're pooling on the table
No tears are gone they're leaving their mark behind
So far so good, she's absolutely wasted
She's hanging up and changing her story around
I just don't know where leading ladies come from
I just don't where they can be found
She's opened up just like she really knows me
I hate her face but enjoy the company
I'll take ya home, or back to Oklahoma
You're not so nice but sex sells so cheap
Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers
Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys
Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers
Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys
Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers
Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys
Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers
She's seventeen but I done went and plum forgot it
No tears are gone they're pooling on the table
No tears are gone they're leaving their mark behind
So far so good, she's absolutely wasted
She's hanging up and changing her story around
I just don't know where leading ladies come from
I just don't where they can be found
She's opened up just like she really knows me
I hate her face but enjoy the company
I'll take ya home, or back to Oklahoma
You're not so nice but sex sells so cheap
Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers
Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys
Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers
Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys
Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers
Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys
Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers
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Slow Night, So Long Lyrics as written by Jared Followill Caleb Followill
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This song expresses the self-hatred Caleb feels after sleeping with a 17 year old girl, who he has nothing in common with.
They french, so he ignores her age, and has sex with her, but then her imaturity shows, she gets possessive, and her tears "pool on the table," lingering in his memory, leaving their "mark behind." She's talking shit ("changing her story around") as "she's absolutely wasted," and Caleb yearns for a grown-up woman, a "leading lady" he can really relate to ("I just don't where they can be found").
He's so needy that he "sells" his sex to this young girl he "hates" the sight and sound of, even taking her back to oklahoma with him.
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"Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys!"
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KingsOfLeonRock114 is totally right... i read that rip and burn interview aswell........its kind of a love hate thing caleb is going on with her..."I hate her face but enjoy the company"
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"Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers, are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys"?
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to me this song has so much life and passion,its great esp LOVE the gold digging mothers bit its so catchy
wasted-time, its 18. Under 18 years of the age is a minor. You have to be over 18 to not be a minor. The answer to your question is 18 years old. I guess what I am telling you is that the age limit is 18.