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.
You're always dancing down the street
With your suede blue eyes
And every new boy that you meet
He doesn't know the real surprise
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
Ooh, she'll make you flip
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
I kinda like the way she dips
She's my best friend's girl
She's my best friend's girl
But she used to be mine
You've got your nuclear boots
And your drip dry glove
Ooh when you bite your lip
It's some reaction to love, o-ove, o-ove
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
Yeah, I think you'll flip
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
(Here she comes again)
I kinda like the way, I like the way she dips
'Cause she's my best friend's girl
Well she's my best friend's girl
And she used to be mine
She's so fine
You're always dancing down the street
With your suede blue eye-eyes
And every new boy that you meet
Doesn't know the real surprise
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
(Here she comes again)
Oh, she'll make you flip
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
(Here she comes again)
I kinda like the way, I like the way she dips
'Cause she's my best friend's girl, uh
She's my best friend's girl-irl uh-irl
She used to be mine
She so, fine
(My best friend's girlfriend) oh
(My best friend's girlfriend)
She used to be mine
(My best friend's girlfriend) yeah yeah
(My best friend's girlfriend)
Said she used to be mine
(My best friend's girlfriend) oh, yeah yeah yeah
(My best friend's girlfriend)
She used to be mine
(My best friend's girlfriend)
(My best friend's girlfriend)
With your suede blue eyes
And every new boy that you meet
He doesn't know the real surprise
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
Ooh, she'll make you flip
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
I kinda like the way she dips
She's my best friend's girl
She's my best friend's girl
But she used to be mine
You've got your nuclear boots
And your drip dry glove
Ooh when you bite your lip
It's some reaction to love, o-ove, o-ove
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
Yeah, I think you'll flip
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
(Here she comes again)
I kinda like the way, I like the way she dips
'Cause she's my best friend's girl
Well she's my best friend's girl
And she used to be mine
She's so fine
You're always dancing down the street
With your suede blue eye-eyes
And every new boy that you meet
Doesn't know the real surprise
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
(Here she comes again)
Oh, she'll make you flip
(Here she comes again)
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
(Here she comes again)
I kinda like the way, I like the way she dips
'Cause she's my best friend's girl, uh
She's my best friend's girl-irl uh-irl
She used to be mine
She so, fine
(My best friend's girlfriend) oh
(My best friend's girlfriend)
She used to be mine
(My best friend's girlfriend) yeah yeah
(My best friend's girlfriend)
Said she used to be mine
(My best friend's girlfriend) oh, yeah yeah yeah
(My best friend's girlfriend)
She used to be mine
(My best friend's girlfriend)
(My best friend's girlfriend)
Lyrics submitted by magicnudiesuit
My Best Friend's Girl Lyrics as written by Ric Ocasek
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Yeah, pretty self explanatory as far as meaning.
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this song is so cool...except that it's about being infatuated with your bestfriends girl/boy friend...which really sucks...
This song could be about me! I didnt do it on purpose but i dated 3 guys who were in the same group of friends..so I'm the best friend's girl! It's an awesome song though..definatly!
@KristiNH Probably all at the same time.
I am a best friends girl........
True story: I used to work with a bloke who's wife had dumped him to run off with his twin brother. This song came on the radio and he was heard singing along quietly - "she's my brother's girl..... she used to be mine". Ouch.
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gotta love this song... really catchy, like a bunch of other cars songs tho. still, not their best.
This seems to always happen to guys because they pretetnd to not care when their friends date their x girlfriends. And as always the male spieces wants what they can't have and their x becomes more appealing because of their unattainable status. Every girl knows this feeling.
@DancingHippie Their not friends. I have a half eaten leftover bologna sandwich on a plate in my fridge, do you want that too? Who wants friends who are poachers. Never introduce your wife/gf to your friends.
"here she comes again"
his best friend's girl is multiply orgasmic, that's the "real suprise" "every new boy that she meets" doesn't know
many of ric ocasek's songs contain convoluted sexual innuendo
@Fluffyinsanity '<br /> <br /> '...his best friend's girl is multiply (sic) orgasmic, that's the "real suprise" (sic) ...'<br /> <br /> Or she has BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder)
just a great song.