Miles Davis and the Cool Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ryan345 

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"Your daddy's aim is true" is probably a reference to Elvis Costello's My Aim is True. The rest of the lyric borrows heavily from Bruce Springsteen's "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)", when Bruce sings "Now I know your mama she don't like me 'cause I play in a rock and roll band/And I know your daddy he don't dig me but he never did understand". Also, "we might always be blue" could be in reference to Miles's classic Kind of Blue.