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| Don McLean – General Store Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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This song is about lynching - from the point of view of one of the perpetrators. And the other wretchedness in his community |
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| Don McLean – Respectable Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I totally agree with the Ted Kennedy interpretation. Gary62 has it exactly right. I get a sense of betrayal - the sensation that a hero has turned out to be deeply flawed. |
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| Josh Ritter – Right Moves Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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The crickets chirping in the second verse suggests that the woman isn't answering the question - as in a TV show when an awkward silence is emphasized by dubbed-in crickets. |
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| Josh Ritter – Good Man Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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This one reminds me a lot of Brandi Carlile's song "The Story." In both cases, you can read the lyrics as an artist's love for the music. But you can also read them as a straight-up love song. The balanced ambiguity is beautiful in both cases. |
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| Josh Ritter – Wolves Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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It seems to me that "your hands were naked" refers to "before we were engaged" - the song is about more than a mere breakup, but a broken engagement. |
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| Josh Ritter – Monster Ballads Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I took "The bonnet wears a wire albatross" to mean the use of a coat hanger as a makeshift radio antenna on a car that had seen better days. The albatross part alludes to the vaguely birdlike shape and the reminder of previous misfortune that follows your car around. |
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