| Mike Doughty – Down on the River by the Sugar Plant Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I like your analysis, my only quibble would be that I don't think that the location is symbolic per se. The Orchard Street/bootlegs connection is a reference to Chinatown in NYC (and Mike plays very regularly in and around this neighborhood, and he may live near here, though I'm not sure on that point). From the Manhattan banks of the East River (very close to Orchard Street), you can see a big sign for a now defunct Domino Sugar factory across the river in Brooklyn. So, my guess would be that the song's about a woman, either real or imagined, who lives in Brooklyn. |
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