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 was thinking of things
That I hate to do
Sex with your parents
Things you do to me
Or I do to you, baby
Sex with your parents
Something fatter or uglier
Than Rush Rambo
Something more disgusting
Than Robert Dole
Something pink
That climbs out of a hole
And there it was
Sex with your parents
I was getting so sick of
This right wing republican shit
These ugly old man
Scared of young tit and dick
So I try to think of something
That made me sick
And there it was
Sex with your parents
Now these old fucks
Can steal all they want
And they can go and pass laws saying
You can't say what you want
And you can't look at this
And you can't look at that
And you can't smoke this
And you can't snort that
And me baby, I got statistics
I got stats
These people have been to bed
With their parents
Now I know you're shocked
But hang and have a brew
If you think about it for a minute you
Know that it's true
They're ashamed and repelled
And they don't know what to do
They've had sex with their parents
When they looked into their lovers eyes
They saw - mom
In the name of the family values
We must ask whose family
In the name of the family values
We must ask...Senator
It's has been reported that you have had
Illegal congress with your mother
Sex with your parents
Ah, Senator
An illegal congress by proxy
Is a pigeon by any other name
Sex with your parents
Senators you polish a turd
Here in the big city we got a word
For those who would bed
Their beloved big bird
And make a mockery of our freedoms
Ah, without even using a condom
Without even saying "no"
By god we have a name
For people like that
It's - hey motherfucker
That I hate to do
Sex with your parents
Things you do to me
Or I do to you, baby
Sex with your parents
Something fatter or uglier
Than Rush Rambo
Something more disgusting
Than Robert Dole
Something pink
That climbs out of a hole
And there it was
Sex with your parents
I was getting so sick of
This right wing republican shit
These ugly old man
Scared of young tit and dick
So I try to think of something
That made me sick
And there it was
Sex with your parents
Now these old fucks
Can steal all they want
And they can go and pass laws saying
You can't say what you want
And you can't look at this
And you can't look at that
And you can't smoke this
And you can't snort that
And me baby, I got statistics
I got stats
These people have been to bed
With their parents
Now I know you're shocked
But hang and have a brew
If you think about it for a minute you
Know that it's true
They're ashamed and repelled
And they don't know what to do
They've had sex with their parents
When they looked into their lovers eyes
They saw - mom
In the name of the family values
We must ask whose family
In the name of the family values
We must ask...Senator
It's has been reported that you have had
Illegal congress with your mother
Sex with your parents
Ah, Senator
An illegal congress by proxy
Is a pigeon by any other name
Sex with your parents
Senators you polish a turd
Here in the big city we got a word
For those who would bed
Their beloved big bird
And make a mockery of our freedoms
Ah, without even using a condom
Without even saying "no"
By god we have a name
For people like that
It's - hey motherfucker
Lyrics submitted by Milkman82
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