Slice hit the nail on the head. This has been one of my favorite NOFX songs for a while, fitting my cynical perfectly. I've been getting into the writing of Charles Bukowski lately (only 2 novels so far) but I saw Barfly the other night, which he wrote, and it hit me over the head like a purse with something in it. I didn't even realize it until Henry said the Green Corn line.
Like Slice said, the first verse is right there, only changed a bit. I didn't realize that, because it was before the green corn line and I hadn't made the connection.
"Tully, baby, you're trapped behind your golden bars" - This line is a reference to a girl who admires Henry's work as a writer. She's very well-off, and Henry makes a comment that despite this, and maybe because of it, she's trapped in a prison, behind golden bars.
"I'm the prince of poverty hangin' out in bars" - In the movie, Wanda, played by Faye Dunaway, notes that Henry has a unique way of walking, which makes him seem like self-appointed barfly royalty.
"Your life's a Mercedes, a mansion with a pool
My life's on a bus stop just waiting for some fuel" - Another reference to Tully's lifestyle and money, compared to Henry's skid row standing. Also, early in the movie, when he wants nothing more than to fight Eddie, his nemesis and rival in a way, he says he needs 'fuel' and goes as far as to steal a sandwich from another guy's hand and eat it on the spot. Typical Fat Mike double-meaning!
"Your obviousness disgusts me I see thru your macho
lies
I'll fight everything you stand for" - Again a reference to Eddie, Henry's rival. Wanda asks him what he hates about Eddie, and he responds "His obviousness," which always strikes me as kind of obtuse, and his "macho energy."
"There's something in your purse baby, my head is
getting sore" - Wanda hits him over the head with his purse, while he weakly asks her if something's in it must have been, because he ends up with a nasty head wound.
"Maybe what we had was just green corn" - It ends with THE line. In the film, while drunk, Wanda sees a small field of corn and decides that she wants some, so she runs off to steal it. Henry tries to dissuade her, telling her how young and green it is, but she doesn't listen. Later on, Wanda ends up sleeping with Eddie, Henry's nemesis, much to his chagrin. He tells her that he thought they really had something special, but maybe, in the end, it was just green corn. Meaning, most likely, like mtbaird said, shit.
Slice hit the nail on the head. This has been one of my favorite NOFX songs for a while, fitting my cynical perfectly. I've been getting into the writing of Charles Bukowski lately (only 2 novels so far) but I saw Barfly the other night, which he wrote, and it hit me over the head like a purse with something in it. I didn't even realize it until Henry said the Green Corn line.
Like Slice said, the first verse is right there, only changed a bit. I didn't realize that, because it was before the green corn line and I hadn't made the connection.
"Tully, baby, you're trapped behind your golden bars" - This line is a reference to a girl who admires Henry's work as a writer. She's very well-off, and Henry makes a comment that despite this, and maybe because of it, she's trapped in a prison, behind golden bars.
"I'm the prince of poverty hangin' out in bars" - In the movie, Wanda, played by Faye Dunaway, notes that Henry has a unique way of walking, which makes him seem like self-appointed barfly royalty.
"Your life's a Mercedes, a mansion with a pool My life's on a bus stop just waiting for some fuel" - Another reference to Tully's lifestyle and money, compared to Henry's skid row standing. Also, early in the movie, when he wants nothing more than to fight Eddie, his nemesis and rival in a way, he says he needs 'fuel' and goes as far as to steal a sandwich from another guy's hand and eat it on the spot. Typical Fat Mike double-meaning!
"Your obviousness disgusts me I see thru your macho lies I'll fight everything you stand for" - Again a reference to Eddie, Henry's rival. Wanda asks him what he hates about Eddie, and he responds "His obviousness," which always strikes me as kind of obtuse, and his "macho energy."
"There's something in your purse baby, my head is getting sore" - Wanda hits him over the head with his purse, while he weakly asks her if something's in it must have been, because he ends up with a nasty head wound.
"Maybe what we had was just green corn" - It ends with THE line. In the film, while drunk, Wanda sees a small field of corn and decides that she wants some, so she runs off to steal it. Henry tries to dissuade her, telling her how young and green it is, but she doesn't listen. Later on, Wanda ends up sleeping with Eddie, Henry's nemesis, much to his chagrin. He tells her that he thought they really had something special, but maybe, in the end, it was just green corn. Meaning, most likely, like mtbaird said, shit.