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Panties in Your Purse Lyrics
Saw you standing in the hallway, red plastic
Cup, and one of those big long
Cigarettes
You asked me if I could play you some Dylan
I said "Dylan who?" you told me to kiss your ass
I apologized, but you could tell I didn't
Mean it by the way I rolled my eyes
And when you said it wasn't me it was you
Somehow I knew you were gonna tell me why
Stuff was flying out of the window
Falling and breaking on the pavement underneath
He's screaming at you, red faced and fuming
He'd come home early, parked his car way up the street
You had your stockings in your hand, panties in your purse
It was ten a.m. and all the neighbors heard
Him calling you a whore and a tramp
You just stood there while your heels sank into the warm wet ground
He got a lawyer, you got a bottle
He got the children and you moved in with your mama
She fixes breakfast and lets you use her car
She don't care how late you call to tell her where you are
Ya'll still fight and she still nags you some
But somehow it's different now than when you were young
It's your own damn fault you been threw hell
For one reason or another, somehow she kinda blames herself
Cup, and one of those big long
Cigarettes
You asked me if I could play you some Dylan
I said "Dylan who?" you told me to kiss your ass
I apologized, but you could tell I didn't
Mean it by the way I rolled my eyes
And when you said it wasn't me it was you
Somehow I knew you were gonna tell me why
Falling and breaking on the pavement underneath
He's screaming at you, red faced and fuming
You had your stockings in your hand, panties in your purse
It was ten a.m. and all the neighbors heard
Him calling you a whore and a tramp
You just stood there while your heels sank into the warm wet ground
He got the children and you moved in with your mama
She fixes breakfast and lets you use her car
She don't care how late you call to tell her where you are
Ya'll still fight and she still nags you some
But somehow it's different now than when you were young
It's your own damn fault you been threw hell
For one reason or another, somehow she kinda blames herself
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I remember seeing the track title on the album cover and thinking it would be some low-brow country/rock novelty song. And while the first verse has some humorous lines, it's actually a very sad song.
The last line sums the situation up perfectly:
"It's your own damn fault you been through hell/For one reason or another, seems like she kinda blames herself." We all know people who are too self-absorbed and/or obtuse to realize that they are the key to their own misery. And her mama feels bad for her, so she keeps enabling her.
I agree with the previous writer: There is a lot more going on in this song than the title suggests. It's a heart breaker at the end. I think his point is the chain of dysfunction goes on and on. The girl in the song is a mess; her mom knows it because Mom was probably a mess too. Like the best Cooley songs, it rings true.