We don't find out that she's underage until halfway through the song.
"and the jack knife barber drops her off at school"
Jackknife barbers were common during the American era of Anti-abortion (when abortion was illegal). People would go to abortion barbers to do it illegally. Hense the name. She's already past adolecense because she had to have an abortion. But she's still young enough to go to school and play on a playground. I'll leave it up to you guys who aren't from America to decide what age that is. I doubt a 20-22 year old would "laugh on a playground" tho.
I love the intro flute part. It makes me visualize a forest setting or some sort of peaceful atmosphere, and then it suddenly drops you into the cynicism.
I've been wondering what a "jack knife barber" is...wow. They weren't always well-intentioned real doctors, either; some even deliberately made fatal "mistakes" on many of their patients.
I've been wondering what a "jack knife barber" is...wow. They weren't always well-intentioned real doctors, either; some even deliberately made fatal "mistakes" on many of their patients.
I disagree with the point that she has to be "past adolescence" solely because she had an abortion. Girls become fertile at 8 to 12 years old on average, though the mortality/miscarriage rates aren't pretty... The men boinking Mary would have paid to arrange an abortion because otherwise, the girl becoming visibly pregnant & giving birth would have exposed at least one of them as a pedophile.
I disagree with the point that she has to be "past adolescence" solely because she had an abortion. Girls become fertile at 8 to 12 years old on average, though the mortality/miscarriage rates aren't pretty... The men boinking Mary would have paid to arrange an abortion because otherwise, the girl becoming visibly pregnant & giving birth would have exposed at least one of them as a pedophile.
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Or perhaps she wasn't having an abortion, and the guy's job was just there as a kind of comment about him or society. I had always assumed that she had stopped off to do him before school and he drove her afterwards, or she spent the night, or being driven was just part of their exchange of favors.
We don't find out that she's underage until halfway through the song. "and the jack knife barber drops her off at school" Jackknife barbers were common during the American era of Anti-abortion (when abortion was illegal). People would go to abortion barbers to do it illegally. Hense the name. She's already past adolecense because she had to have an abortion. But she's still young enough to go to school and play on a playground. I'll leave it up to you guys who aren't from America to decide what age that is. I doubt a 20-22 year old would "laugh on a playground" tho.
I love the intro flute part. It makes me visualize a forest setting or some sort of peaceful atmosphere, and then it suddenly drops you into the cynicism.
I've been wondering what a "jack knife barber" is...wow. They weren't always well-intentioned real doctors, either; some even deliberately made fatal "mistakes" on many of their patients.
I've been wondering what a "jack knife barber" is...wow. They weren't always well-intentioned real doctors, either; some even deliberately made fatal "mistakes" on many of their patients.
I disagree with the point that she has to be "past adolescence" solely because she had an abortion. Girls become fertile at 8 to 12 years old on average, though the mortality/miscarriage rates aren't pretty... The men boinking Mary would have paid to arrange an abortion because otherwise, the girl becoming visibly pregnant & giving birth would have exposed at least one of them as a pedophile.
I disagree with the point that she has to be "past adolescence" solely because she had an abortion. Girls become fertile at 8 to 12 years old on average, though the mortality/miscarriage rates aren't pretty... The men boinking Mary would have paid to arrange an abortion because otherwise, the girl becoming visibly pregnant & giving birth would have exposed at least one of them as a pedophile.
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Or perhaps she wasn't having an abortion, and the guy's job was just there as a kind of comment about him or society. I had always assumed that she had stopped off to do him before school and he drove her afterwards, or she spent the night, or being driven was just part of their exchange of favors.