Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
“Cosa Nostra” is a half-time ska number with a very heavy big-band jazz influence. There is a noticeable influence from Cab Calloway-style big-band jazz music, particularly in the prominent horn line.
Lyrically, the song seems to deal mostly in imagery related to Mafia movies. Taken together with s...
[Verse 1]
Lead pipe slammed in a storekeeper's head
Looks like spaghetti decomposin' in bed
"Please don't shoot, God think of my kids!"
You shut your yap you dirty piece of shit
[Chorus]
We're Cosa Nostra
We're Cosa Nostra
We're Cosa Nostra
Cosa Nostra
[Verse 2]
A greasy nightclub up on a tinsel stage
Outside they bother you for money
Just goin' along for the boss everyday
So matter-of-fact when she sucks him
[Chorus]
We're Cosa Nostra
We're Cosa Nostra
We're Cosa Nostra
Cosa Nostra
[Bridge 1]
Do like the animals do
I hear the maggots have chewed
Who you most loved (x4)
Now they've come for you
[Verse 3]
It takes some pressure to make a diamond
It takes some losin' to win a soul
It takes a bleak house to run away from
It takes a warm bed to appreciate the cold world inside of you
[Bridge 2]
Shouldn't have dropped out of school
To the bus tub
Are you unloved?
Make the most of
Make the most of what's still left of you