Cool Dry Place Lyrics
Certainly it's just a "story song", but I also think it may be referencing TOm Petty's house fire. Fairly certain it happened before this song came out, but if your home burns down, I could see having an experience something like the one told in the song. Just a guess.
It wouldn't be the first time that a fiery disaster has been made into a song eg. Smoke On The Water.
It wouldn't be the first time that a fiery disaster has been made into a song eg. Smoke On The Water.
No idea on this one, really. Where the hell ARE they going with it?
I like it anyway.
is it about being on the road or trying to start there carrer and money is tight and crap so they have to live inderilict houses and the conditions suck and it makes them depressed? could the lawyer ,doctor part be about they got kicked out of the houses by landlords and they try to complain its unfair but the lawyer thinks they might have depression or mental issues that causes the landlords to get sick of them>? its a mystery but a great song :)
i always think of this song when im cleaning my room and theres just shit all over the place
for sure about petty's house fire. so sad. didn't he stay with dylan after this happened? man i wonder what they'r conversations must be like.... oh yeah back to the song-it rocks!! =)
"i had to go through hell to get those things up there" haha that's definitely a thought i would have after seeing my house burn down lol
Before I'd read about Tom Petty's housefire I thought this song was just about how to store and properly take care of things. My favorite verse is the "some places they get mildew..." verse, something about how the words sound when they are sung together in the song. Great stuff.
I think this song is just a joke on the listener. It sounds like there's some kind of elaborate metaphor being set up but as you listen closer you realize that it's really just about putting stuff in storage.
I think you guys are reading way too much into it. From what I’ve read about the TW, they were having a fun, casual, relaxing time, enjoying each other’s company. They were being goofy, writing whimsical songs about silly things: Handle With Care — literally inspired by a sticker on a box from across the room; Dirty World — singing random phrases from torn magazine pages. And I have no doubt the words “Cool Dry Place” were seen on something nearby. There was so much talent in the room, they could literally write a hit song about anything and nothing. And they proved it.