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| Tom Waits – Pony Lyrics
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Manzanita is a evergreen shrub found in the northwest US and throughout California. It means "little apple". I think Waits just likes it and used it in the song. Probably did reference a cross on a grave. |
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| Tom Waits – Pony Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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These are all good thoughts. Belzoni and Talullah are both towns in the Mississippi Delta,so I figure the sawmill was in Belzoni. He walked from Natchez to Hushpukena which are both towns in Mississippi also. Belzoni and Talullah are in between. This could be a reference to the trail of tears that the Cherokee walked along the Natchez Trace. Also, in the beginning of the industrial revolution a man's watch and chain were worn with pride and dignity, hence the man was proud and dignified. His watch and chain got lost, somehow he lost his pride and dignity. Hmmmm. Maxwell Street is the birthplace of the Chicago blues where black bluesman from the delta migrated. This guy was black, from Murfreesboro, MS who is now a broke acoholic, homeless living in Chicago. Sold his soul, now he's hollow. |
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