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Uncle Larry's hooked on ice again
He seems to be stuck in the 80's
He wears his "members only" jacket
'Cause he thinks it turns on all the ladies
And all the white folks shake their asses
Looking for the two and four
I'll have mine in Martini glasses
'Cause I can't take it anymore
These are the days of empty kitchens
The rise and fall of Mary Ellen's hairdo
I think she's found a new religion
Studying the Kabalah in her J. Crew
And all the rich kids shake their asses
Looking for the two and four
Well, I'll have mine with Blackstrap molasses
'Cause I can't taste it anymore
No, 'cause I can't taste it anymore
My friend Gregg says it's all good
As the eastern seaboard's blown away
Now everything is going half-price
So look at all the money we saved
And all the politicians shake their asses
Looking for the back door
I'll just be hanging out with the lasses
'Cause they don't like the boys no more
No, and I can't take it anymore
He seems to be stuck in the 80's
He wears his "members only" jacket
'Cause he thinks it turns on all the ladies
And all the white folks shake their asses
Looking for the two and four
I'll have mine in Martini glasses
'Cause I can't take it anymore
These are the days of empty kitchens
The rise and fall of Mary Ellen's hairdo
I think she's found a new religion
Studying the Kabalah in her J. Crew
And all the rich kids shake their asses
Looking for the two and four
Well, I'll have mine with Blackstrap molasses
'Cause I can't taste it anymore
No, 'cause I can't taste it anymore
My friend Gregg says it's all good
As the eastern seaboard's blown away
Now everything is going half-price
So look at all the money we saved
And all the politicians shake their asses
Looking for the back door
I'll just be hanging out with the lasses
'Cause they don't like the boys no more
No, and I can't take it anymore
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Members Only Lyrics as written by Sheryl Crow
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Ice is crystal methamphetamine, which rose to popularity in the 80s. Members Only is a brand of jacket, which during the 80s showed you were chic. Saying Uncle Larry was stuck in the 80s is an understatement.
White people (and rich people for that matter) are stereotyped as not being able to dance, as much dance music is based on emphasizing beats two and four.
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But in any case, the lines about empty kitchens, hairdos rising and falling and her studying the ancient religion of kaballah in a popular clothing brand J. Crew seems to talk about women being liberated from traditional roles and now setting their personal course in uncharted territory.
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The line about politicians looking for a back door makes me wish the line above said they "cover" their asses rather than shake them. . . . The line about the lasses not liking the boys anymore points to a repeated disenchantment women had with men from the 80s on.
"Hanging" with the lasses conjures an image of a bar (Coyote Ugly, maybe?), which, tied into the references of martini glasses and blackstrap molasses, pretty much says the state of the world, both personal and in general, can drive on to drink.