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.
Sancho brought a message from the Fat Man
Sorry, boy, to leave you high and dry
But I went to see my mom in Ensenada
And I left a little something to help the time go by
Just a little something to help to keep you high
Bananas & Blow (oh - oh), Bananas & Blow
Stuck in my cabana, living on Bananas & Blow
Now the rainy season reminds me of Maria
The way she danced, the color of her hair
Now I'm locked inside a stall at the cantina
Eating the bananas and the cocaine off the mirror
Looking for a ticket to take me away from here
Bananas & Blow (oh - oh), Bananas & Blow
Stuck in my cabana, living on Bananas & Blow
(guitar solo)
Bananas & Blow (oh - oh), Bananas & Blow
Stuck in my cabana, living on Bananas & Blow
Bananas & Blow (oh - oh), Bananas & Blow
Stuck in my cabana, living on Bananas & Blow
Sorry, boy, to leave you high and dry
But I went to see my mom in Ensenada
And I left a little something to help the time go by
Just a little something to help to keep you high
Bananas & Blow (oh - oh), Bananas & Blow
Stuck in my cabana, living on Bananas & Blow
Now the rainy season reminds me of Maria
The way she danced, the color of her hair
Now I'm locked inside a stall at the cantina
Eating the bananas and the cocaine off the mirror
Looking for a ticket to take me away from here
Bananas & Blow (oh - oh), Bananas & Blow
Stuck in my cabana, living on Bananas & Blow
(guitar solo)
Bananas & Blow (oh - oh), Bananas & Blow
Stuck in my cabana, living on Bananas & Blow
Bananas & Blow (oh - oh), Bananas & Blow
Stuck in my cabana, living on Bananas & Blow
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this song gets funnier every time i listen to it. i find myself singing it at the most inopportune of times.
This song is no deeper or meaningful than this dude Sancho leaving this other dude some coke and a buncha bananas in the cabin...and it's fuckin' hilarious, especially the sing songy chorus!
deaner wrote this when he was visiting the carribean because, he said, "i ate a lot of bananas and blow..."
The meaning is self explanatory like the others said. But I'll add that they said this song was inspired by an invitation to play a gig in Ecuador, and admitted that this is one of their many tracks where the song title came first before they wrote it.
ssoltero: That's the feeling I got too - the Fat Man locking his cabana boy-whore up while he visited his mother, but kindly leaving him copious amounts of bananas. And blow.
Maria better not be waiting.
Incredible.
Ahhh, what a fantastic song! It's best to play it while just lounging around in the sun.
I feel that this song pretty much speaks for itself. Groovy.
yes an obvious jab at Jimmy Buffet...
Does anyone else get this slight "Coke whore" feeling out of this song?
I mean, he's talking about being in a bathroom stall "eating bananas and cocaine off the mirror". Sounds like he's suckin a little d**k to get more blow and he want's out.