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.
Come gather round me children
There's a story I will tell
About pretty boy Floyd, an outlaw
Oklahoma knew him well
't Was in the town of Shawnee
On a Saturday afternoon
His wife beside him in the wagon
And into town they rode
The deputy sheriff approached them
In a manner rather rude
Using vulgar words of language
And his wife she overheard
Now pretty boy grabbed a long chain
And the sheriff he grabbed a gun
And in the fight that followed
He laid the deputy down
He took to the trees and rivers
Oh, he's gonna lead a life of shame
And every crime in Oklahoma
Was added to his name
In Oklahoma city
't Was on a Christmas day
Came a whole carload of groceries
And a letter that did say
Well you say that I'm an outlaw
And you say that I'm a thief
Well, here's a Christmas dinner
For the families on relieve
As through the world I rambled
Well, as through the world I roamed
I ain't never seen an outlaw
Drive a family from their home
As through the world I rambled
I've seen some funny men
Some are gonna rob you with a six-gun
Some'll do it with a fountain pen
Oh, some are gonna rob you with a six-gun
Some'll do it with a fountain pen
There's a story I will tell
About pretty boy Floyd, an outlaw
Oklahoma knew him well
't Was in the town of Shawnee
On a Saturday afternoon
His wife beside him in the wagon
And into town they rode
The deputy sheriff approached them
In a manner rather rude
Using vulgar words of language
And his wife she overheard
Now pretty boy grabbed a long chain
And the sheriff he grabbed a gun
And in the fight that followed
He laid the deputy down
He took to the trees and rivers
Oh, he's gonna lead a life of shame
And every crime in Oklahoma
Was added to his name
In Oklahoma city
't Was on a Christmas day
Came a whole carload of groceries
And a letter that did say
Well you say that I'm an outlaw
And you say that I'm a thief
Well, here's a Christmas dinner
For the families on relieve
As through the world I rambled
Well, as through the world I roamed
I ain't never seen an outlaw
Drive a family from their home
As through the world I rambled
I've seen some funny men
Some are gonna rob you with a six-gun
Some'll do it with a fountain pen
Oh, some are gonna rob you with a six-gun
Some'll do it with a fountain pen
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