Ah, Mary

This song is clever and political; somewhere GP claims to have never ventured before in song. My favorite part of the song is when she sings, ever so coolly, “Ah, Mary, she’ll bake you cookies then she’ll burn your town.” Before I looked up the lyrics, I thought she sang “tongue” instead of “town”. Either way, she gets her point across. Another bit that gives her stance away is at the end when she sings, “Ah, Mary, Mary, Mary, America.” I love how the words connect. Ah-Mary, America. It is the simple profoundness only a classic rocker can achieve.

clearly this song is about the apparent friendly status out put by the U.S but ... she'll burn your town, ... a very good polictical song i think

OK now I get it - thought the song was about a girl who seems friendly and harmless on the outside but is really deceptive and power-hungry on the inside. But the whole thing is really a metaphor for American politics = Ah Mary - America = clever. Meaning aside, this song rocks and needs more attention. She reminds me a little of Sheryl Crow but a little edgier, at least in the song.

I don't understand why my post was done as a reply to someone else's?

I didn't mean for that to happen, I just don't understand how this site works.

Whatever.

The metaphor of the United States as a femme fatale casually sowing destruction in her wake is an apt one, reflecting the often schizophrenic foreign policy of the US. Most will miss the reference to “the hoses” as implements of torture.