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NOFX – Scavenger Type Lyrics 11 years ago
There's a bit that I think you missed.

A crow, a scavenger type. California redemption provides him with his rent, room and board: inside a fifth of comfort.

Bill is a scavenger: He collects cans and bottles which he redeems for $, according to California's redemption program (California's Bottle Bill). There’s probably a play on words with “redemption”.

Crows are scavengers, because that they eat dead animals. I think the author is playing on the double meaning of scavenger.

So, with the money that Bill gets from the empties, he buys a fifth (a 1/5 of a gallon = 750 ml) of Southern Comfort (Alcohol); Which is all he needs (rent, room and board). Bill might be homeless…

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