| The Mamas & the Papas – Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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John Philips would have been 32 in 1967 and hence it would have been past noon in his life. The image of young girls coming to the canyon (Laurel Canyon of LA) conjures up images of nubile girls having casual sex and then walking home in the morning (a common sight in Laurel Canyon at the time). If this is about the artist, perhaps the free enjoyment of sex was an eyeopener for him (he could no longer keep his shades closed) he felt joyful, able to express himself and free of the dirty place from whence he came. Trouble is, I can't parse the following: "Cloudy waters cast no reflection Images of beauty lie there stagnant Vibrations bounce in no direction But lie there shattered into fragments" |
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