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Do what your dad don't: say should
Do what good girls don't: do good
Say you're aching, please don't stop
'Cause leaving it out [will] break your heart
Play your neighbor, play your part
Saved on paper it makes for art
Do what your dad don't: say should
Do what good girls don't: do good
Do what your dad don't: say should
Do what good girls don't: do good
Do what good girls don't: do good
'Cause leaving it out [will] break your heart
Saved on paper it makes for art
Do what good girls don't: do good
Do what good girls don't: do good
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toadtws On Dec 23, 2005
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perfect.
I have some problems with the way this is transcribed... I take it as "do what good girls don't do good," as in, the incorrect version of "do what good girls don't do WELL." There's no reason for there to be a colon there and it's a totally subjective decision.
in other words, girls, do well what the good girls can't. it's not necessarily a call to fight the power, but it is anti-conformist and operating in gray areas.
this fits with "do what your dad don't say [you] should."
it comes down to art, I think. the third verse is about writing or painting from the experience of mundane living. The second one is about keeping a good conscience by being dishonest with others. it's all pretty deep. not just pretty.
I agree with Salty Kevin 1000% that the first two lines are transcribed incorrectly above. The first line, "Do what your dad don't: say should," simply makes no sense. And the second makes a lot more sense if understood how Salty Kev explains.
I agree with Salty Kevin 1000% that the first two lines are transcribed incorrectly above. The first line, "Do what your dad don't: say should," simply makes no sense. And the second makes a lot more sense if understood how Salty Kev explains.
I think the first line is a grammatically ridiculous, beautiful song lyric, saying "Do what your dad says you shouldn't" or "Don't do what your dad says." But by phrasing it, "Do what your dad don't say should" it creates this wonderful rhyme and wordplay, which is usually what lyrics are all about....
I think the first line is a grammatically ridiculous, beautiful song lyric, saying "Do what your dad says you shouldn't" or "Don't do what your dad says." But by phrasing it, "Do what your dad don't say should" it creates this wonderful rhyme and wordplay, which is usually what lyrics are all about.
The second line, "Do what good girls don't do good," is, in my humble opinion, an obviously sexual addition to the theme developed in the previous line. By taking it as, "Do what 'good girls' don't do well," it seems the singer is "aching" for physical intimacy with a girl whose has been encouraged by her father to abstain from sex; the singer seems to ask his partner for the same in the following line, "Say your aching, please don't stop."