The Rollercoaster Ride Lyrics
Hey, people looking out the window, full of fun and sorrow
Hey, people looking out the window at the city below
Hey, people looking out the window, you'll be gone tomorrow
The rollercoaster ride
Of all the trouble kept her inside
Of all the trouble kept her inside
Too frumpy for the teenage population of her kind
Car coat, she has a quilted jacket with a hood if it rains
Big pockets for the pharmaceuticals it takes to fix her brain
The rollercoaster ride
Of all the trouble kept her inside
Of all the trouble kept her inside
(x2)
You're happy because you're cozy and the rain comes rattling in
It tickles, and it's something that is very good for the skin
You're waiting for a baby, baby, watch the idiot running
The rollercoaster ride
Of all the trouble kept you inside
Of all the trouble kept you inside
(x2)
You're watching with your mouth wide open for the top of the class
She came on with the boys while you were stuck in various poses
If you were to remove your clothes, do you think the singer would notice?
The rollercoaster ride
Of all the trouble kept you inside
Of all the trouble kept you inside
(x2)
judy rules
why are there no comments? i love this song. has a yo la tengo ish feel to it. judy, from the dream of horses?
Mood swings, emotional instability which keeps her "inside" ("inside" where? a psychiatric ward? seeing as her pockets are full of psychiatric drugs?).
Maybe she slept with someone in the bit where she's working on the 'puzzle.' "You want a baby, baby watch the idiot running." Like everyone you see out on the street they are there one day, and then gone the other. A lot like a rollercoaster- something that isn't constant but always moving. She's very defensive with her bow and arrow- perhaps even thinking of suicide, or maybe she's already chosen a social death by retreating to books ('hanging from the balcony' with her 'mouth wide open for the top of the class').
sounds like the same judy to me, the teenage rebel who did it with a boy when she was young.
this song's very mellow, good listening for a rainy day when you feel calm.
yea mood swings
See: Bipolar disorder. Been on many a rollercoaster ride.
Love playing this one for the lyrics, they just sound so good together. Judy is probably the same Judy from Dream of Horses--we're getting more of a picture of here her. Her style's too old ladyish for the modern crowd (relies on thrift shops?), she takes a lot of drugs for who know what reasons.
The idiot running, I've always wondered if this is Stuart, given that he: "ran the Glasgow Marathon in 1986, and finished with a time of three hours."
the hanging riverboat glass seems like him complaining about Judy's affections--in this case a singer (Arab Strap guys), who doesn't even look at her when she takes off her clothes. A little unclear in that verse who "she" is.
RstJ