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Come on out and dance,
If you get the chance,
We're gonna spit on the rival.
All's I wanna know,
Is how far you wanna go,
Fighting for survival.
Underneath the stars,
Where we parked the cars,
Ain't showing signs of stopping.
Pretty little girls,
Naked to their curls,
Ready to lay in a coffin.
If you wanna go,
I'm gonna go,
I gotta fire burning.
Go on take my hand,
When we see the man,
Baby's gonna be a big one.
Baby's gonna be a big one.
When you see the lights,
And when we hear the fights,
It's gonna be a stunner.
I've got something here,
If you give me one more beer,
I'm gonna call a runner.
I don't want to say,
What I have to say,
If I'm kicking off now.
If you wanna go,
I'm gonna go,
I'm going back down south now ahh
I'm going back down south now ahh
I'm going back down south now.
If you wanna go,
I'm going back down south now.
Come on take my hand,
I'm going back down south now.
When we see the lights,
And we hear those fights,
I'm going back down south now.
All I want to know,
Is how far you wanna go,
I'm going back down south now oh yeah.
I'm going back down south now.
I'm going back down south now.
I'm going back down south now.
Oh, yeah.
If you get the chance,
We're gonna spit on the rival.
All's I wanna know,
Is how far you wanna go,
Fighting for survival.
Underneath the stars,
Where we parked the cars,
Ain't showing signs of stopping.
Pretty little girls,
Naked to their curls,
Ready to lay in a coffin.
If you wanna go,
I'm gonna go,
I gotta fire burning.
Go on take my hand,
When we see the man,
Baby's gonna be a big one.
Baby's gonna be a big one.
When you see the lights,
And when we hear the fights,
It's gonna be a stunner.
I've got something here,
If you give me one more beer,
I'm gonna call a runner.
I don't want to say,
What I have to say,
If I'm kicking off now.
If you wanna go,
I'm gonna go,
I'm going back down south now ahh
I'm going back down south now ahh
I'm going back down south now.
If you wanna go,
I'm going back down south now.
Come on take my hand,
I'm going back down south now.
When we see the lights,
And we hear those fights,
I'm going back down south now.
All I want to know,
Is how far you wanna go,
I'm going back down south now oh yeah.
I'm going back down south now.
I'm going back down south now.
I'm going back down south now.
Oh, yeah.
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The way it's sung, it sounds like down south is obviously home. And that's the one place everyone wants to be when they don't think they're going to make it.
Yes, my interpretation was a bit of exaggeration. But the lyrics, the tone in the vocals, and the tempos, really do seem like someone reflecting on better times. Better times that are now over, for reasons untold. Nothing last forever. It's nice to be able to look back and smile about the past, rather than lament that it's over.
"We're gonna spit on the rival" - Rival team
"If you see the lights, And when we hear the fights, It's gonna be a Stunner" - Referring to the lights above a night game and describing the game as a fight.
"I'm kicking off now" -Kick-off...
"I'm gonna call a runner" -Maybe a reference to a running play.
In the second verse, he goes into deeper detail of life down South. He shares us with one of his memories of him and the bands journey to get to the top, "underneath the stars, where we parked the cars 'aint showing signs of stopping. Pretty little girls, naked to their curls ready to lay in a coffin". When the band first started off they used to play in strip clubs in the night. We can pretty much tell were it goes from here with, "Naked to their curls ready to lay in a coffin".
Then in the third verse he's going back to when they were forming the band. Caleb is telling everyone to trust him and that the band is going to be a big one.
Then in the last verse, Caleb is looking at where he is now. He wants to go Back Down South and relive these beautiful happy memories he has. Once again he says "take my hand" as he wants everyone to trust him and Back Down South is a beautiful happy place. Back Down South is his home, he needs a break from the fame and he wants to go back to the much simpler things, home.
For some reason I thought the runner was in reference to his guy, aka his dealer - hence "babe I'm kickin off now" as in getting his kicks.
Probably way off though...
Bought their new album three days ago and I can't stop listening to it ! I have a question ( english is not my first language....so sometimes I'm a little lost !) What does " call the runner" mean ?? Research on the net gave me ref to baseball, which is certainly NOT accurate for this song... Help ? Thank you !!
I always thought 'call the runner' had something to do with The Runner off Because of the times. That maybe he's one beer away from being the guy from The Runner.
"I'm gonna call a runner" = I'm gonna crawl a runner"
I think have a listen and it makes more sense... He's so wasted he will have to crawl a runner. Pretty little girls naked to the curbs (hookers)