| The Mamas & the Papas – Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[Zavod:19049] Yours is the closest to the truth, as far as I can tell. As a "Valley Girl" in the 60's and 70's, I met plenty of people who came from NY who didn't like or trust anyone, and the openness of Southern California was uncomfortable for them. Others reveled in it. Which explains: At first so strange to feel so friendly To say good morning and really mean it To feel these changes happening in me But not to notice till I feel it Young girls are coming to the canyon And in the mornings I can see them walking I can no longer keep my blinds drawn And I can't keep myself from talking I grew up in the era of free love, but for someone his age, it must have come as an astonishing reality he never knew existed, and I'm sure he dove right in. To me, "Cloudy waters cast no reflection Images of beauty lie there stagnant Vibrations bounce in no direction But lie there shattered into fragments" means that as eyeopening and exciting and beautiful as it all was, there was, in the end, no real depth or meaning in it. Vibrations (excitement ) go nowhere, Beauty lies there stagnant - it's there, but after a while has no real meaning. IN the end, after the party's over and what was once so exciting, freeing and new, became empty to him. Happy, sad, and tragic. |
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