Still Life With Cooley Lyrics

Lyric discussion by BigBother1984 

Cover art for Still Life With Cooley lyrics by Better Than Ezra

I always thought the song went "Now Daddy don't live here anymore" I'm listening to it right now. I'm also from what's considered the Southern US states so maybe it's just the singer's accent but I def hear "live"

as in, Daddy and Mommy broke up - the archetype that, typically, is associated with discipline in the household. So the daughter is left more to her own devices, staying out late, partying...

references to chilling, fooling around, hanging out, drinking and generally what's considered "rebellious" behavior by a, most likely, troubled young soul and friends attempting to make sense of a rough life where they're living it.

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