"I think this song is like this guy who's on tour with this girl who's got record labels interested in her, and he's the opening act, and all the record people aren't interested in him, they just buy him drinks. And maybe the song is about the girl." Mary Lou said this before she sang this song in February of 2002. I think it means Elliott Smith had a crush on Mary Lou, for a little while, at least, and she wouldn't pay him any attention so he wrote this song about her. The most interesting thing is that he would actually SHOW it to her in spite of his personal feelings about the Eagles and her. Quite revealing.
"I think this song is like this guy who's on tour with this girl who's got record labels interested in her, and he's the opening act, and all the record people aren't interested in him, they just buy him drinks. And maybe the song is about the girl." Mary Lou said this before she sang this song in February of 2002. I think it means Elliott Smith had a crush on Mary Lou, for a little while, at least, and she wouldn't pay him any attention so he wrote this song about her. The most interesting thing is that he would actually SHOW it to her in spite of his personal feelings about the Eagles and her. Quite revealing.