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Slow Night So Long
Kings of Leon Lyrics

Slow nights so long she's frenching out flavour
She's seventeen but I done went and plum forgot it.

No tears are gone they're pooling on the table
No tears are gone they're leaving their mark behind

So far so good she's absolutely wasted.
She's hanging up and changing her story around

I just don't know where leading ladies come from

I just don't where they can be found

She's opening up just like she really knows me
I hate her face but enjoy the company

I'll take you home, to back to Oklahoma
You're not so nice but the sex sells so cheap

Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers
Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys

Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers
Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys

Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers
Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys

Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CALEB FOLLOWILL, JARED FOLLOWILL, MATTHEW FOLLOWILL, NATHAN FOLLOWILL

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"Slow Night, So Long" is a song by American rock band Kings of Leon. It's the opening track on their 2005 album Aha Shake Heartbreak. Lyrically, the song can be interpreted as the story of a boy at a party who has his eye on a girl ("so far so good, she's absolutely wasted"), and the events that take place as the night unfolds. The studio version of the song itself ends at approximately 2:40 and is followed by a piano driven, Latin/calypso-infused coda, which features Caleb Followill crooning: Read Full Bio"Slow Night, So Long" is a song by American rock band Kings of Leon. It's the opening track on their 2005 album Aha Shake Heartbreak. Lyrically, the song can be interpreted as the story of a boy at a party who has his eye on a girl ("so far so good, she's absolutely wasted"), and the events that take place as the night unfolds. The studio version of the song itself ends at approximately 2:40 and is followed by a piano driven, Latin/calypso-infused coda, which features Caleb Followill crooning:

"Rise and shine, all you gold-digger mothers / are you too good to tango with the poor, poor boys?".

The [above] lines are performed during the intro of the music video to King of the Rodeo. In the video, however, it's performed by a group in a country-western style rather than the band's original Latin/calypso-infused coda style, possibly to reflect the band's southern roots. The Kings of Leon have rarely performed this final part of the song live. (live video from houston in 2006. LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAsA1fXYoBY)

In recent concerts, the band has used the song to close their sets. When the band toured with Pearl Jam, as well as during Lollapalooza 2007, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder would come out playing tambourines and sing the song alongside Caleb Followill, trading lines with the Kings of Leon lead singer.