I'm on E
I'm on E
I'm on E
Got nuts' to say
I used to have a car of my own
I'm on E
I'm on E
I'm on E for easy
Laid out for maybe a week
I've walked my feet to the bone
I'd give my life for a car of my own
I'm on E
I'm on E
Two weeks ago saturday I was on TV
I'd like a show of my own
But you see I'm still on E
Even though everything is happening to me
So when your driving' on home, don't regret your loan
I'm on E
I'm on E
I gave my car to a guy named Vinnie
I feel like gassin' my feet
They've totaled your bill and you skipped a beat
I used to have a car of my own
28 or 58
Walking to refrigerator
To the pump do the bump
Still on E I'll think of something
I'm on E and I'm on E
I'll never have to stop my feet
28 or 58
Walking to refrigerator
To the pump do the bump
Still on E I'll think of something
I'm on E and I'm on E
I'll never have to fill my feet up
You'd think that the song was about ecstasy but it isn't. It's about the economy and how Debbie couldn't afford paying for gas so she had to sell her car. Now she walks everywhere. Quite obvious when you read the lyrics.
I see the lines about the selling of the car, but what does the title phrase (I'm On E) mean then?
I see the lines about the selling of the car, but what does the title phrase (I'm On E) mean then?
I'm on E = I'm on empty Like a gas tank.
I'm on E = I'm on empty Like a gas tank.
I'm on E, on empty, like when a car's fuel gauge is on E.
Thanks for your comments, they are both eye-opening and disappointing. But "on empty" sounds 100% logic. Also it was rather the late 80s that E hit the scene, so I guess Blondie weren't even aware of any ambiguosity, back then in the late 70s...
@Hansen147 Their A&R man was keeping them so Coked up plus Destri had a drug problem but he was the songwriter so they looked the other way. They were a little older so I doubt they were into Ecstasy
@Hansen147 Their A&R man was keeping them so Coked up plus Destri had a drug problem but he was the songwriter so they looked the other way. They were a little older so I doubt they were into Ecstasy
I always thought it was about her being broke and needing to take the E train(subway) cuz she gave her car to a guy named Vinny...
Is it in the key of E also, I wonder...
Her car got repossessed. She's all over TV and Magazine covers and she can't pay a used car note.
clearly about ecstasy (mdma) and how it fucked people up when it hit the scene back in the late 70's. kind of an anti drug song, like just showing how bad addiction is
@Atlec clearly not as that term hadn’t ever been used for mdma prior to the early 80’s
@Atlec clearly not as that term hadn’t ever been used for mdma prior to the early 80’s
@Atlec BLONDIE didn't say NO.
@Atlec BLONDIE didn't say NO.
@Atlec BLONDIE didn't say NO.
@Atlec BLONDIE didn't say NO.