Get back on track, pick me up some bottles of booze
Fickle freshman, probably thinks she's cooler than you
A hay ride at five, everybody's comin' around
So go press you skirt, word is there's a new girl in town

I call shotgun, you can play your R 'n B tunes
The fellowship time, it always comes a little too soon
The land of the creeds, freshened up from baby faced shame
Put your eyes on me, and I know a place that we can get away

Just say I want you, just exactly like I used to
'Cause baby this is only bringin' me down

Home-boy's so proud, he finally got the video proof
The night vision shows, she was only duckin' the truth
It's heavy I know, the black guy with the gift down below
A choke and a gag, she spit up 'n came back for more

She said I want you, just exactly like I used to
And baby this is only bringin' me down
She said I want you

I want you, just exactly like I used to
And baby this is only bringin' me down
I said I want you, just exactly like I used to
And baby this is only bringin' me down


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    My Interpretation

    Being from the South, I can relate to this song and see it from a somewhat different way than most of the interpretations thus far.

    The setting is some sort of Sunday School, or Christian Church Retreat, which generally means a group of hormone driven teenagers, boys and girls, go away for a weekend to a rural property to learn about religion and how it affects your choices in life. I remember my parents making me do these kinds of things in my adolescence up until I was a Junior in High School for my "Confirmation".

    Anyway, I can remember all the mischief we got into on those retreats. Kids who brought alcohol, tobacco, and in some cases a little pot. All vying for the attention of the opposite sex.

    "Get back on track, pick me up some bottles of booze The fickle freshman, probly thinks she's cooler than you A hay ride at 5, everybodys comin around So go press you shirt, cause word is there's a new girl in town"

    This is expressing the idea that we're on this retreat, there's some sort of social hierarchy which is decided by our high school grade level and there is a new girl in the group this year.

    "I call shotgun, you can play your R&B tunes The fellowship time, always comes a little to soon , Land of the creeps, freshened up and baby faced shaved But your eyes on me, and I know a place that we can get away"

    Calling shotgun of course means getting to sit up front in the passenger seat. This stanza takes place in the cab of the truck which is administering the aforementioned hay-ride where a truck tows either a trailer or a truck bed full of hay bales. Again, perhaps the eldest in the group get the privilege of driving the truck. Fellowship time is the real reason everyone's [supposed to be] there for in the first place. In my experience it involves a church service or some sort of group activity. "Land of the creeps" refers to the place of fellowship filled with horny teenagers dressed up for worship. Last line is wishful thinking, hoping you can lock eyes with the new girl and show her a good time elsewhere.

    "Homeboy's so proud, he´s finally got the video proof The night vision showed she was only duckin the truth It's heavy I know, the black cat with the gift down below A choke and a gag, she spit up n came back for more And said i want you"

    Homeboy is referring to the driver of the car who is most likely of African American descent with the "R&B" tunes the passenger allowed him to play. Narrator is being showed a "sex-tape" involving black friend and the desired new girl. Fellatio ensues and ends with the girl uttering the words "i want you"... to which narrator probably looks away from the video and says "I want you, just exactly like I used to, and baby this [video evidence you fucked my black friend] is only bringin me down"

    well, that's my $0.02

    TOOLandshiton June 17, 2010   Link

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