”’Thrown like a star in my vast sleep
I’m opening my eyes to take a peep
To find that I was by the sea
Gazing with tranquility
’Twas then when the hurdy gurdy man
Came singing songs of love
Then when the hurdy gurdy man
Came singing songs of love”
Psykedeelinen tämä ainakin on, vaikkei mitään suoria viittauksia huumeisiin olekaan…
”Ricky’s been kicking the gong
Lickety split didn’t take too long
A junkie’s sick
A monkey’s strong
That’s what’s wrong
Well, I guess he’s been messing around downtown
So sad to see the man losing ground
Winding down behind closed doors
On all fours”
Eiköhän tässä ole kyse huumeiden käytöstä ja addiktiosta.
Kappaleen inspiraationa oli Buffy Sainte-Marien taistelu kodeiiniriippuvuutta vastaan ja oman isänsä alkoholismi.
”And my belly is craving. I got a shakin’ in my head.
Feel like I’m dyin’, and I wish I was dead.
If I lived till tomorrow, that’ll be a long time.
But I’ll reel and I’ll fall and I’ll rise on cod’ine.
And it’s real, and it’s real, one more time.
Well, when I was a young girl I learned not to care
for whiskey and from it I often did swear.
My mother and father said whiskey’s a curse,
but the fate of their baby was a many times worse.
And it’s real, and it’s real, one more time.
Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towns,
stay away from the men pushin’ the codeine around,
stay away from the stores where the remedy is fine,
for better your pain than be caught on cod’ine.
And it’s real, and it’s real, one more time.
You’ll forget you’re a woman. You’ll forget about men.
Try it just once, and you’ll try it again.
You’ll forget about life, you’ll forget about time,
And you’ll live off your days as a slave to cod’ine.
And it’s real, and it’s real, one more time.
But if I die tomorrow, still one thing I’ve done.
I’ve heeded the warning that I got when I was young.
My one satisfaction, it comes when I think
that I’m living my life without bendin’ to drink.
And it’s real, and it’s real, one more time.
And my belly is craving. I got a shaking in my head.
I feel like I’m dyin’ and I wish I was dead.
If I live till tomorrow, that’ll be a long time.
But I’ll reel and I’ll fall and I’ll die on cod’ine.
And it’s real, and it’s real, one more time.”
”You got a lot of money, but you can’t afford the freeway
The road to Orange County leaves an awful lot of leeway
Where everyone’s a doctor or a specialist in retail
They’ll sell you all the speed you want if you can take the blackmail
You know it
I know it
Why don’t you
Just show it?
You got a lot of money, but you can’t afford the freeway
You got a lot of money, but you can’t afford the freeway”
Biisi saattaa hyvinkin viitata amfetamiiniriippuvuuteen.
Hienot sanat, mutta mitä ihmettä nämä tarkoittaa? Viittauksia siihen, että kertoja on kokenut yhtä sun toista (myös huumeisiin viitataan) ja kiertänyt siellä sun täällä ja on nyt valmis palaamaan kotiin (valmis kuolemaan?). Hmm…