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Floating in the lower nine
Waiting for a boat to throw me a line
See my Stella smile
Sitting on the roof eating alligator pie
First day the water rise
Second day the sun is high
Third day Stella cried cause night times dark as a dead man's eye's
Tell me when is help gonna come
Stella said daddy when you gonna put me in a song?
Morning ride on by thank lord everybody's alright
Don't mean to throw us a second line
The devil left us here to die
Stella said daddy when you gonna put me in a song?
All the things we know and
Everything we hoped for
All the things we wanted
Everything that was sure
Now there is a scar
Where the old men used to be
The corner store and market
Where Stella used to sing to me
Grace is all i'm asking
When will grace return
Remember how I feel in those days of the summertime
Then Stella smiled
Stella said daddy when you gonna put me in a song?
Tell me lord when help is gonna come
Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?
Waiting for a boat to throw me a line
See my Stella smile
Sitting on the roof eating alligator pie
First day the water rise
Second day the sun is high
Third day Stella cried cause night times dark as a dead man's eye's
Tell me when is help gonna come
Stella said daddy when you gonna put me in a song?
Morning ride on by thank lord everybody's alright
Don't mean to throw us a second line
The devil left us here to die
Stella said daddy when you gonna put me in a song?
All the things we know and
Everything we hoped for
All the things we wanted
Everything that was sure
Now there is a scar
Where the old men used to be
The corner store and market
Where Stella used to sing to me
Grace is all i'm asking
When will grace return
Remember how I feel in those days of the summertime
Then Stella smiled
Stella said daddy when you gonna put me in a song?
Tell me lord when help is gonna come
Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?
Lyrics submitted by MidwestDrummer
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One thing I have always thought when reviewing lyrics of Daves is that they change in meaning to me over the years. I take what I think they mean in relation to my own self, and I try to understand what his meaning is.
I wake up each morning and listen to this song with my daughter as I feed her. (Currently nine months old and named Gracie after DM's Grace) She hearts the dog bark and gets excited. She loves this song as do I.
Its a playful story that I feels talks about Katrina and his daughter at the same time. It's like two days after the storm, Dave and Stella are waiting to be rescued and while he worries about whats going on around him Stella is concerned that her twin is getting all the lryical love. I think it was a great way to write a song in an upbeat way giving that New Orleans feel. Its authentic. Yes its sad in the sense of the horrible thing that happened to the ninth ward, and yes I do believe that he references George Bush as the devil, it all makes sense. Could I be way off, yes, because being such a hardcore fan I have heard different meanings, but In my opinion this song is pretty straight forward.
A well done song by a group of seasoned musicians and one very missed sax player. You broke my heart the day you died.
however, the whole part about "daddy when you gonna put me in a song" probably made it into this song because of the way they wrote the album. collectively, the band wrote music for about 40 songs, then kept cutting them down until they had the album. then dave put words to the songs and he probably needed something extra for Alligator Pie, so he threw Stella in there, asking "Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"
That bit about her actually asking the question seems viable, because the word "grace" does appear in many of his songs, whether it's talking about his daughter Grace, or grace in general. I could see where Stella is coming from on that point, feeling a bit left out :(
Slight change:
Morning ride on by thank lord everybody's alright
Don't mean to throw us a second line
The devil broke the levee and left us here to die.
I find it odd that who ever entered this missed that because the lyrics are written on the album booklet.
That kind of sucks for Stella, Grace does get written about more. Why wouldn't he write more about her?
Anyways, everyone says this album is lacking in depth. And sure, just listening it sort of does sound like that. But you read the lyrics and it's like "WHAT?!" I love this band. I can't pick a favorite.
and the line "Stella said daddy when ya gunna put me in a song?" is what Stella actually asked him, I read it in an interview with Dave.
But Anne was the name of his sister who was killed, and I think that's more reflected in the song Time Bomb. "no one would believe it, he was such a normal guy" says he can't believe he did it, and "I want to believe in Jesus" is maybe saying that he wants to believe in something, but it's hard for him to because of all the terrible things that happen to people.