Look's like America's dropped her load
Like she was ready to explode
I could not see her from up here
Cuz she was lyin' in the road
My head's in the ground
I can't make a sound
My head's in the ground
Looks like America's dropped her load
She tried to call me on the telephone
"Everything is fine, now the baby's here"
She'll have to handle this one all on her own
My head's in the ground
I can't make a sound
The priests were all stoned
California was in my mind
And love was a game that we played
My head's in the ground
I can't make a sound
The priests were all stoned
The fact that you moaned
My head's in the ground
Like she was ready to explode
I could not see her from up here
Cuz she was lyin' in the road
I can't make a sound
My head's in the ground
She tried to call me on the telephone
"Everything is fine, now the baby's here"
She'll have to handle this one all on her own
I can't make a sound
The priests were all stoned
And love was a game that we played
I can't make a sound
The priests were all stoned
The fact that you moaned
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this song is mad
to me, this song is about a very young couple in a relationship and the girl gets pregnant. they get married even though the guy is uncomfortable with it ("the priests were all stoned" because they were encouraging them to get married; but he knows it was a mistake because he doesn't really love her "love was a game that we played"). "california was in my mind" and "my head's in the ground" because he wants to run away from what he's done, while the girl truly loves him and is hoping they will stay together, especially because of the pregnancy ("everything is fine, now the baby's here").
...and finally he runs away ---> She'll have to handle this one all on her own
Now he hides from her and the baby ---> My head's in the ground
It could also be something about him having turned his back on his country, America, which he loved but is now ashamed of.