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Lookout Joe Lyrics
A hip drag queen and
a side-walkin' street wheeler,
Comin' down the avenue.
They're all your friends,
you'll come to love 'em
There's a load of 'em
waitin' for you.
Lookout Joe, you're comin' home.
Old times were good times,
Old times were good times.
Remember Millie
from down in Philly?
She took my brain
and forgot my name.
The woman you were with
was about the same
She took your money and left town.
Lookout Joe, you're comin' home.
Old times were good times,
Old times were good times.
Glory Hallelujah!
Will I lay my burden down?
Singin' on the streets around:
Look at that crazy clown.
Remember Bill from up on the hill?
A Cadillac put a hole in his arm.
But old Bill, he's up there still,
Havin' a ball
rollin' to the bottom.
Lookout Joe, you're comin' home.
Old times were good times,
Old times were good times.
a side-walkin' street wheeler,
Comin' down the avenue.
They're all your friends,
you'll come to love 'em
There's a load of 'em
waitin' for you.
Old times were good times,
Old times were good times.
from down in Philly?
She took my brain
and forgot my name.
The woman you were with
was about the same
She took your money and left town.
Old times were good times,
Old times were good times.
Will I lay my burden down?
Singin' on the streets around:
Look at that crazy clown.
A Cadillac put a hole in his arm.
But old Bill, he's up there still,
Havin' a ball
rollin' to the bottom.
Old times were good times,
Old times were good times.
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Yup I read that too. Great song!
i read somewhere that its about the soldiers returning from vietnam and finding themselves in a stranger place than they remember. Joe is as in GI Joe, and America has changed, as there's now "hip drag queens" and "side-walkin' street wheelers"
Neil talks about (his) Cadillac in several songs and totally comes out with it in needle and the damage done "(I) caught you knocking", "(I) love you baby can (I) have some more.". Including song with the word junkie, it is obvious to me Neil was in the grips of some kind of opiates.
It would be hard to say that Neil was clean during that time (1970-1975) when he was Bill up on the hill having a ball rolling to the bottom.