Hey St. Peter

The Flash in the Pan guys used to go clubbing, loved the kinky NYC crowd, they happened to run into this fellow Billy who long ago famously performed in the Manhattan club scene as a drag queen, he was down and out "pure hell in New York town" but was encouraged to take a chance at the gay karaoke club sang a song and now comeback inspired " back in the game". song goes on to suggest when time comes and Billy's at the pearly gates he'll tell St Peter he's already done his time in Hell. Moral of the story "raise your hand, make a stand" save yourself at what you do best, in this case dress in drag and sing a song.

BWWAAAHAHAHA!!! Forty years I've been hearing this song lyrics to be "Just been down into your town..." and I've always wondered what's so bad about St. Petersburg that somebody had to write a song about it. So this morning I finally googled "Hey St Peter meaning" only to discover it's "New York town"! Changes EVERYTHING!! BWWAAAHAHAHA!!!

I am going to guess Hey St. Peter has something to do with drugs because of the line " The stranger couldn't pay the bill". Because of the line " Sang a song, now he's back in the game" the song may have something to do with trying to get into show business in New York. But, it does not say what is wrong with being in New York, other then "money was kind of low." I heard about a case of singers trying to make in Nashville and the paid money to be listed in a magazine called Cash Box. I wondered if maybe this was a similar thing, but in New York. Maybe Billy is a singer trying to make it in New York? The money was kind of low and could not pay the bill could mean Billy is running out of money to pay the promoters to push his songs. The Cash Box Murder happened after this song was written however, so it can't be related to the incident at Cash Box Magazine. The lyrics are very vague. I found the video on You Tube, and I did not like it. It did not bring any new meaning to light. The only part that was watchable was when the two guys were singing the song on a microphone, but they were probably lip syncing. If someone has insider information from the group Flash in the Pan, which by the way has a connection to Angus Young of AC/DC, I would like to know what this songs means, and what they were thinking when they wrote the song and made the video.