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Neil Young – The Old Laughing Lady Lyrics 16 years ago
I think ruarchitect is right on.

The Laughing Lady:
What a great symbol of addiction. First it is fun and the lady is laughing with you. Soon though you come to need her and her laughter turns to a taunting laughter at you. Later her laughter becomes a sadistic cackle at what she has done to you.

Verse 1
Pretty Peggy is probable a young addict who has overdosed.

Verse 2
Probablly refers to the homless addict that has lost everything to addiction.

Verse 3
The hopeless addict that will never quit even though they know it will kill them in the end.

Verse 4
The addicted driver who drives home every night, stumbles upstairs in a stuper and fights with their spouse. Eventually shooting or killing them and not even caring as long as they have their drug of choice.

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