Seminole Bingo

Both Liechtenstein and Luxembourg were at the time (less so today) well-known for secret bank accounts which very much fits the theme of the song. Roy Lichtenstein (spelled differently) doesn't seem to fit, unless it's a very indirect reference to this financier owning expensive art.

The line "A long way from Lichtenstein" refers to (I think) the pop artist Roy Lichtenstein {Whose art was usually enlarged acrylic-on-canvas copies of romance and war comic book panels or pages} I think he uses Lichetenstein as a metaphor for the city, fame, and the rewards of the artists' fame and glory And contrasts that to his new position with the gators & flamingos...

With the line about the Luxemburg bank, I would assume Zevon is refering to Lichenstein, the place, as opposed to the artist. Much like his other song, "Mr. Bad Example", this is an amusing story of someone who did some bad stuff somewhere and is on the run and hiding out.

All in all this song is pretty funny and rather infectous.

Zevon is all about ambiguity and critiquing modernity and society: the duality of the Lichtenstein reference is undoubtedly intentional. It wouldn't be the first reference to modern art in his work. He's brilliant, and careless word choice is rather uncharacteristic of him. But it is very true this song continues a theme in not only this album, but his greater oeuvre of man-of-his-wits on the run. Zevon and 'authority' never meshed well.

The fact that Carl Hiaasen would co-write a song with him shows how well respected Zevon's writing is.

It\'s simple. It\'s about the decline of a New York shyster digging himself deeper and deeper into the mire. Done for laughs,