Only 12 years old and already so alone
Left abandoned on a train
You've got a lot to earn but you'll never learn
Powders can't get rid of all your pain
Chased by Keystone Cops through LA's endless backdrops
You became loved by the world
But the biggest star is gonna leave the biggest scar
On that pregnant tarnished girl
Fatty, Fatty
The world can turn pineapple upside down cake
Fatty, Fatty
After so many pratfalls this is your prattest
Fatty, Fatty
Your friends will turn on you in a split second
Fatty, Fatty
There's no place for the fattest man to hide out
Fatty, Fatty,
Fatty, Fatty,
Fatty...
Left abandoned on a train
You've got a lot to earn but you'll never learn
Powders can't get rid of all your pain
You became loved by the world
But the biggest star is gonna leave the biggest scar
On that pregnant tarnished girl
The world can turn pineapple upside down cake
Fatty, Fatty
After so many pratfalls this is your prattest
Fatty, Fatty
Your friends will turn on you in a split second
Fatty, Fatty
There's no place for the fattest man to hide out
Fatty, Fatty,
Fatty...
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It appears to be referencing both the life of silent film star Rosco "Fatty" Arbuckle and Virginia Rappe, the girl who he was accused of killing. Fatty was the highest paid actor of his generation but lost everything when a young actress at one of his parties died from internal injuries. This lead authorities to believe that she had been violently raped by Arbuckle and despite being aquitted 3 times of the crime the scandal was so huge that he never got his career back on track and lost everything. The first part about the pregnant girl on the train appears to be a reference to Rappe since she had 2 abortions before she was 16. The second references Fatty himself with keystone cops and hollywood backdrops obviously being the making of a silent film. References to pratfalls that were common in the slapstick comedy that he was known for and also his friends turning on him in the chorus make it more clear. Not sure about the pineapple upside down cake.
good info...would have never known this! From the title you would expect it to be about Fat Mike.
good info...would have never known this! From the title you would expect it to be about Fat Mike.
The reference to Only 12 years old is about Arbuckle's mother's death and his father's abandonment and refusal to support him at age 12.
The reference to Only 12 years old is about Arbuckle's mother's death and his father's abandonment and refusal to support him at age 12.
The reference to powder I believe is about his addiction to Morphine. Also the pain reference could be that at the time of the famed party he was suffering from 2nd degree burns on his buttocks.
The reference to powder I believe is about his addiction to Morphine. Also the pain reference could be that at the time of the famed party he was suffering from 2nd degree burns on his buttocks.
Not sure about your friends turning on you because most of them stood up for him.
Not sure about your friends turning on you because most of them stood up for him.
He was more a victim of blackmailer Bambina Maude Delmont,an over jealous DA named Matthew Brady and Citizen Kane himself William Randolph Hearst's media machine.
He was more a victim of blackmailer Bambina Maude Delmont,an over jealous DA named Matthew Brady and Citizen Kane himself William Randolph Hearst's media machine.
@RhysHole the world turn upside down pineapple cake could just be a play on words involving food cause he's talking about a guy named fatty who I presume was fat.
@RhysHole the world turn upside down pineapple cake could just be a play on words involving food cause he's talking about a guy named fatty who I presume was fat.
Wow so informative... thanks fellas.. Who wouldda though punkers could be so smart :P