The Good Life Lyrics
I can't believe what I see
Tell me, who's that funky dude
Starin' back at me?
Broken, beaten down
Can't even get around
without an old-man cane
I fall and hit the ground
Shivering in the cold
I'm bitter and alone
Excuse the bitchin'
I shouldn't complain
I should have no feeling
'Cuz feeling is pain
as everything I need is denied me
and everything I want is taken away from me
But who do I got to blame?
Nobody but me
I don't wanna be a old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the good life
It's time I got back, it's time I got back
'n I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back, yeah!
Screw this crap, I've had it! I ain't no mr. cool
I'm a pig, I'm a dog, so 'scuse me if I drool
I ain't gonna hurt nobody, ain't gonna cause a scene
I just need to admit that I want sugar in my tea
Hear me? Hear me? I want sugar in my tea!
this song is about a period in River's life when his leg had metal through it to extend the bone. each day he had to turn a screw to separate the bone another millimetre to make the bone grow longer. the song is about how he was sick of feeling like and old man with a walking stick and how he wanted to 'get back to the good life'
yeah its definatly about his leg or whatever...
Yeah, while he was going to Harvard he had long hair and lots of facial hair, no to mention the cane because of his leg (read above)... he wasn't having fun and when he wrote that song he just wanted to be his rockstar self again and have fun.
everytime i hear this song i just want to get up and dance. i tend to jump round my room when i hear this song and run into things and the likes of it. mhm i like weezer.
i like shakin' booty!
This is one of my favorite weezer songs, anyone that's heard it knows why.
I must agree, one of the best off the BEST ALBUM Pinkerton.
totally
the "excuse the bitchin'.." line i can definitely relate to. this song kind of puts me in a good mood actually, just like ... you have to deal with the bullshit sometimes
yea i agree this song, only in dreams and el scorcho are probably my favorite weezer songs.