| Little Feat – Fat Man In The Bathtub Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I have a totally different first impression. This song is about jonesing during heroin detox. I have volunteered in a few rehabs while exploring if I wanted to get into psychiatry in med school (did biochem instead) Dime bag also can be a dime of heroin. He would like his girl to get him one. Speedballs are coke taken IV and can be mixed with heroin. But are much riskier. Hence not wanting to do it. Lowell was well known for his love of speedballs died at 34 of likely due to his addiction's toll on his body. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2000/aug/30/artsfeatures Addicts on heroin often refer to their drug as a beautiful woman they cannot resist and describe the attraction similarly to being horny, and to being high on heroin similar to orgasm. Running down the street... also not uncommon for addicts who are detoxing and hallucinating. There is a mix between referring to his drug partner as Juanita and his addiction as Juanita. The clever reference to oil and dipsticks could just as easily be blood and syringes. Heroin was a very popular theme of lyricists in the '70s and needed to be slightly disguised in allusions to avoid censorship on the radio, plus it was 'cool' to be creative in talking about it. The bathtub or toilet is often where H addicts detox when they are broke or cannot get more and involuntarily detox. While detoxing H addicts often hallucinate of sexy women while "horny" for H. Moaning while detoxing is normal. Toward the end Billy seems to be mixing references again, either Juanita wouldn't buy another dime bag because she wanted him to get clean, and was disappointied to find him in a shooting gallery "on the cheesy side of town" or she actually joined him on Tuesday after she did speedballs on her own on Monday. Sex drugs and rock and roll. there seem to be more parts I can interpret easily as drugs than as referring to sex. |
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