I have no concrete idea what this song means, but I'll speculate. Pavlov was a Russian psychologist who worked with conditioning dogs, and eventually got the dogs to salivate without feeding them by ringing a bell. I'm guessing that this song is about a couple in the Great Depression, and they're traveling to the West to find work (a la Grapes of Wrath). "Pavlov's bell" signals the call of fortune, that beckons everyone to come.
Of course, I could be completely wrong. I just thought the references to Idaho and "trading clothes" might be about a time of the past. Anyhow, this song rocks!
I have no concrete idea what this song means, but I'll speculate. Pavlov was a Russian psychologist who worked with conditioning dogs, and eventually got the dogs to salivate without feeding them by ringing a bell. I'm guessing that this song is about a couple in the Great Depression, and they're traveling to the West to find work (a la Grapes of Wrath). "Pavlov's bell" signals the call of fortune, that beckons everyone to come.
Of course, I could be completely wrong. I just thought the references to Idaho and "trading clothes" might be about a time of the past. Anyhow, this song rocks!