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Pure Denizen of the Citizens Band Lyrics
I want to ask you fellows
Why do you shut me out?
When I've driven every place that they call land
I talk plain talk
I've seen the moon sitting on the road
And I don't eat no Chateaubriand
And I drive my car
Under same stars
Where the miles are
Come back I demand
Dear gentlemen
Please let me in
I don't know how I can
Make you understand
I'm a pure denizen of the citizens band
I'm a pure denizen of the citizens band
I'm a pure denizen of the citizens band
I'm a pure denizen of the citizens band
Hey friend you know what I'd do
If I was making the bucks
I'd move into a place
Where all they had was trucks
'Cause there's one thing I can't stand
There's one thing that I cannot stand
One thing I cannot stand
Can't stand
Cannot stand
Can't stand
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Châ·teau·bri·and also châ·teau·bri·and (n.)
A double-thick, tender center cut of beef tenderloin, sometimes stuffed with seasonings before grilling.
Why do you shut me out?
When I've driven every place that they call land
I talk plain talk
I've seen the moon sitting on the road
And I don't eat no Chateaubriand
Under same stars
Where the miles are
Come back I demand
Please let me in
I don't know how I can
Make you understand
I'm a pure denizen of the citizens band
I'm a pure denizen of the citizens band
I'm a pure denizen of the citizens band
If I was making the bucks
I'd move into a place
Where all they had was trucks
There's one thing that I cannot stand
One thing I cannot stand
Can't stand
Cannot stand
Can't stand
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Definitions and References:
Châ·teau·bri·and also châ·teau·bri·and (n.)
A double-thick, tender center cut of beef tenderloin, sometimes stuffed with seasonings before grilling.
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Frank Black used to like to drive himself around on tour in his Cadillac. This song seems like it is about trying to talk to the truckers on the citizens band (CB) radio and being shut out because he's not a trucker. He tries to justify by saying he "talks plain talk", drives as much as they do and isn't stuck up "don't eat no Chateaubriand". It's a funny song.
My experience with Frank Black songs is usually that they don't make any sense at first. However, then I learn some new information, (like in this case citizen's band means CB radio,) and the song makes perfect sense.