@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Some people say there's no American dream
I hear them talking but they don't say a thing
I still believe you've got to give it to get
Baptize your every aspiration in sweat
I vow my head each night and roll up my sleeves
?Cause buddy it?s a long hard road to Easy Street
Where all the cars go
Fast, fast, fast
When you step on the gas, gas, gas
Nobody else is gonna pass me up, going down the road
I want a great big house on the hill
Every pocket full of hundred dollar bills
Givin? me a thrill, thrill, thrill, I ain't never known
Is that asking too much?
Am I over the line, am I way out of touch?
Tell me am I losing my mind?
I know I won't never get enough
Is that asking too much?
I've never been accused of dreaming too small
I never saw no shame in wanting it all
I guess that's just the curse of being born poor
No matter what you got you always want more
Everybody wants a lot, a little inside
I'm not the only one with hungry eyes
That wants a car that goes
Fast, fast, fast
When you step on the gas, gas, gas
Nobody else is gonna pass me up, going down the road
I want a great bid house on the hill
Every pocket full of hundred dollar bills
Man, givin' me a thrill, thrill, thrill I ain't never known
Is that asking too much?
Am I over the line, am I way out of touch?
Tell me am I losing my mind?
I know I won't never get enough
Is that asking too much?
I just wanna go fast, fast, fast
When I step on the gas, gas, gas
Nobody else is gonna pass me up, going down the road
I want a great big house on the hill
Every pocket full of hundred dollar bills
Man givin' me a thrill, thrill, thrill, I ain't never known
When I step on the gas, gas, gas
You know I wanna go fast, fast, fast
Nobody better ever pass me up, going down the road
I gotta build me a house on the hill
Every pocket full of hundred dollar bills
Man, givin' me a thrill, thrill, thrill, I ain't never known
Now is that asking too much
I hear them talking but they don't say a thing
I still believe you've got to give it to get
Baptize your every aspiration in sweat
I vow my head each night and roll up my sleeves
?Cause buddy it?s a long hard road to Easy Street
Where all the cars go
Fast, fast, fast
When you step on the gas, gas, gas
Nobody else is gonna pass me up, going down the road
I want a great big house on the hill
Every pocket full of hundred dollar bills
Givin? me a thrill, thrill, thrill, I ain't never known
Is that asking too much?
Am I over the line, am I way out of touch?
Tell me am I losing my mind?
I know I won't never get enough
Is that asking too much?
I've never been accused of dreaming too small
I never saw no shame in wanting it all
I guess that's just the curse of being born poor
No matter what you got you always want more
Everybody wants a lot, a little inside
I'm not the only one with hungry eyes
That wants a car that goes
Fast, fast, fast
When you step on the gas, gas, gas
Nobody else is gonna pass me up, going down the road
I want a great bid house on the hill
Every pocket full of hundred dollar bills
Man, givin' me a thrill, thrill, thrill I ain't never known
Is that asking too much?
Am I over the line, am I way out of touch?
Tell me am I losing my mind?
I know I won't never get enough
Is that asking too much?
I just wanna go fast, fast, fast
When I step on the gas, gas, gas
Nobody else is gonna pass me up, going down the road
I want a great big house on the hill
Every pocket full of hundred dollar bills
Man givin' me a thrill, thrill, thrill, I ain't never known
When I step on the gas, gas, gas
You know I wanna go fast, fast, fast
Nobody better ever pass me up, going down the road
I gotta build me a house on the hill
Every pocket full of hundred dollar bills
Man, givin' me a thrill, thrill, thrill, I ain't never known
Now is that asking too much
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