The Daddies' music is primarily a mix of swing, ska and rock, characterized by a prominent horn section and sardonic, often morbid, lyricism. While the band's earliest albums were rooted predominantly in punk rock and funk, their subsequent studio albums have since incorporated influences from many diverse genres of popular music and Americana into their sound, including rockabilly, glam rock, psychedelia, rhythm and blues, country, soul and world music.
Come Back To Me
Cherry Poppin' Daddies Lyrics
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Where you are
Take a train
Steal a car
Hop a freight
Grab a star
Come back to me
Catch a breeze
On your hands
On your knees
Swim or fly only please
Come back to me
On a mule in a jet
With your hair in a net
Or a towel wringin' wet
I don't care
This is where
You should be
From the hills
From the shore
Ride the wind to my door
Turn highways to dust
Break the law if you must
Move the world only just
Come back to me
Have you gone to the moon
Or the corner saloon
And to rack and ruin
Mademoiselle
Where the hell
Can you be?
In a crate
In a trunk
On a horse
On a drunk
In a Rolls or a van
Wrapped in Mink or Saran
Any way that you can
Come back to me
Bring it on back
The lyrics of Cherry Poppin' Daddies's song "Come Back To Me" is a plea from the singer to a lover who has left. The singer expresses his desire for the beloved to return no matter what mode of transportation she chooses to use. He offers different means of transportation such as trains, cars, planes, boats, and animals such as horses, mules and even a drunk. He offers different scenarios on how she could return, maybe even breaking the law if necessary. The singer does not care how the lover returns, he only wants her back by his side.
The lyrics are oozing with desperation and longing for a lost lover to return. The message is clear, no matter where she went and what happened, she needs to come back to the one who is calling her back. This can be interpreted in different ways – maybe the singer did something wrong and wants to make amends or just miss the presence of the beloved. The refrain "Come back to me" is repeated throughout the song, emphasizing the singer's plea.
Line by Line Meaning
Hear my voice
Listen to me, pay attention to what I’m saying
Where you are
From wherever you currently are
Take a train
Use a train as a means of transportation
Steal a car
Take somebody's car without their knowledge or permission
Hop a freight
Jump aboard a freight train without paying or a ticket
Grab a star
Take a star with your hands, a metaphor for doing anything you can to come back
Come back to me
Return to me
Catch a plane
Take a plane to get to me
Catch a breeze
Use the wind to travel
On your hands
Travel in any way possible, even if it's crawling on your hands
On your knees
Travel in any way possible, even if it's crawling on your knees
Swim or fly only please
Use either swimming or flying as a mean of transportation to come back to me
On a mule in a jet
Using any means available, even if it's a seemingly impossible combination such as a mule and a jet
With your hair in a net
Come back in any appearance, even if your hair is tied in net
Or a towel wringin' wet
Come back in any appearance, even if you’re wet and wrapped in a towel
I don't care
Indifferent to how they come back, as long as they come back
This is where
The place where you should be, here with me
You should be
The only place where you should be is with me
From the hills
From high above, the hills and mountains
From the shore
From the coastline or beach
Ride the wind to my door
Use the wind as a means of transportation to come back to me
Turn highways to dust
Travel so fast and vigorously on the road that they practically disappear, a metaphor for going very fast to come back to me quickly
Break the law if you must
Do whatever is necessary, even if it’s illegal to come back to me
Move the world only just
Move the entire world just to be with me
Have you gone to the moon
Did you go to the moon to get away from me
Or the corner saloon
Did you go to the nearest place to drink, the corner saloon
And to rack and ruin
For your life to be filled with chaos and destruction because you aren't with me
Mademoiselle
Miss or young lady
Where the hell
Where could you possibly be, emphasis on the intensity of desire to see them again
Can you be?
Literally, where are you or where could you be with the underlying importance, which is to come back to me
In a crate
Trapped and confined, a metaphor for being mistreated and in a bad situation because they're not with me
In a trunk
Trapped in a confined space, even more so than a crate
On a horse
Riding a horse, an outdated means of transportation
On a drunk
Drunk and unable to handle oneself properly or make good decisions, a metaphor for running away from problems
In a Rolls or a van
In a luxurious car, or in a standard and simple van. Either one is fine to come back to me
Wrapped in Mink or Saran
Wrapped in anything, even plastic wrap, a metaphor for being willing to take any form or situation to come back to me
Any way that you can
Using whatever means are available to come back to me
Bring it on back
Return to me with everything you have, no matter the cost or the means of transportation
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Written by: ALAN JAY LERNER, BURTON LANE
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