| Ryan Adams – Do Miss America Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Well, I'm going to have to take a completely different interpretation of the song. There is no girl that's being made fun of. The titular "Miss America" is heroin. "How do you feel without your medicine" - you're off heroin, how's it feeling? "Hold your head feeling paranoid" - having a fit, maybe getting ready to shoot up. "So tell me how you feelin and the only one That holds your head in the setting sun" Why would they hold their head? To shield their eyes from the blinding light. When it gets to the refrain, the drug references are even more obvious. "Hey, come on everybody, do Miss America Hey, you know when she goes down it's hysterical" Translates as everyone get high. The "going down" aspect is the syringe. When it does go down it puts you in a happy high mood that's just hysterical |
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