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.
First appeared on
For the Love of Strange Medicine
(Columbia Records 44287)
1994 Street Talk Tunes, Lincoln Brewster Music,
Paul Taylor Music LTD, Jortunes)
(Steve Perry, Lincoln Brewster, Paul Taylor, Moyes Lucas,
J. Pierce, G. Hawkins)
She was only a child
Someone to hold on
Only a child
Someone to believe in
Only a child
Someone to love
Ah........
She was "17"
Beauty queen
I met her in a magazine
Heart of fire
Loves desire
Reachin' out
Higher, higher
Runaway
One more day
A broken hearted child at play
I pray for you
Baby blue
In the name of love
I reach for you
In the darkness comes
The evil of the night
Think about it
You better wait
Stop yourself before you fall
You better wait
Stop before you lose it all
Somewhere there's love
Oh somewhere, somewhere
Precious girl
Little pearl
Temptation is a lonely world
Eyes deceive
They believe
In everything they wanna see, yeah
And the neon lights
Reflect your life
Only you know
Where you hide baby
You better wait
Stop yourself before you fall
You better wait
Stop before you lose it all
'Cause somewhere there's love
You better wait
Stop before you start
Don't look back
Don't lose heart
(guitar solo)
Don't look
Don't look
Don't look back baby
Ah......
Don't
Ah......
Don't look
Don't look
Don't look back baby
For the Love of Strange Medicine
(Columbia Records 44287)
1994 Street Talk Tunes, Lincoln Brewster Music,
Paul Taylor Music LTD, Jortunes)
(Steve Perry, Lincoln Brewster, Paul Taylor, Moyes Lucas,
J. Pierce, G. Hawkins)
She was only a child
Someone to hold on
Only a child
Someone to believe in
Only a child
Someone to love
Ah........
She was "17"
Beauty queen
I met her in a magazine
Heart of fire
Loves desire
Reachin' out
Higher, higher
Runaway
One more day
A broken hearted child at play
I pray for you
Baby blue
In the name of love
I reach for you
In the darkness comes
The evil of the night
Think about it
You better wait
Stop yourself before you fall
You better wait
Stop before you lose it all
Somewhere there's love
Oh somewhere, somewhere
Precious girl
Little pearl
Temptation is a lonely world
Eyes deceive
They believe
In everything they wanna see, yeah
And the neon lights
Reflect your life
Only you know
Where you hide baby
You better wait
Stop yourself before you fall
You better wait
Stop before you lose it all
'Cause somewhere there's love
You better wait
Stop before you start
Don't look back
Don't lose heart
(guitar solo)
Don't look
Don't look
Don't look back baby
Ah......
Don't
Ah......
Don't look
Don't look
Don't look back baby
Lyrics submitted by markssweet, edited by CyregO
You Better Wait Lyrics as written by Lincoln Lee Brewster Stephen Ray Perry
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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@BlueBox \r\n\r\nI agree with your interpretation, mine is same even before I read your comments. This is a young 1 yr old girl, raised in an unloving environment. Like a bee to honey, they grasp at being \'desired\' equating to love. So this young unskilled child is trying to find her way in the world....being "desired" is a form of "love" in her young mind. "I met her in a magazine...", her listing. "Run away, One more day, A broken-hearted child at play". Before getting trapped into that lifestyle, "You better wait\r\nStop yourself before you fall". Find another way "\'Cause somewhere there\'s love" and, "Don\'t look back, babe".\r\n\r\nThe song writers, and Perry rock this tune. Hard to believe it didn\'t make #1 in the charts in US.\r\n\r\n
@BlueBox \r\n@BlueBox \r\n\r\nI agree with your interpretation, mine is same even before I read your comments. This is a young 17 yr old girl, raised in an unloving environment. Like a bee to honey, they grasp at being \'desired\' equating to love. So this young unskilled child is trying to find her way in the world....being "desired" is a form of "love" in her young mind. "I met her in a magazine...", her listing. "Run away, One more day, A broken-hearted child at play". Before getting trapped into that lifestyle, "You better wait\r\nStop yourself before you fall". Find another way "\'Cause somewhere there\'s love" and, "Don\'t look back, babe".\r\n\r\nThe song writers, and Perry rock this tune. Hard to believe it didn\'t make #1 in the charts in US.