She Don't Want Nobody Near Lyrics

Lyric discussion by lostinspace 

Cover art for She Don't Want Nobody Near lyrics by Counting Crows

Is this song about feeling used by someone in a controling relationship?(the strings attatched-reference to being a puppet?) It seems like the girl in the song is let down by a lover 'I'm alright, I just cant get home tonight'. In the end the relationship fails but she takes all that bitterness with her and ends up doing the same to others. In the end of the song shes the one thats letting everyone down because she is afraid of being hurt like she was hurt before. Its kind of a song for the new millenium too. It is becoming more and more popular for people to live on their own now. mom and Dad and 2.4 kids is becoming a thing of the past. Sometimes when your in a relationship you have to way up the pluses and minuses. Maybe sometimes your just better off on your own?