I see this one as being about prostitution, about a prostitute trying to convince herself that her calling is honorable: "I'm no boy stealing pennies from the poor." Good song, especially the flute lick when Hollis is singing "dum, the dum dum girl," etc.
@owennnnnnnnnn That makes sense to me. Sort of how I saw it... not even so much as convincing herself it is honorable, but learning to turn herself off emotionally in the process of surviving.
@owennnnnnnnnn That makes sense to me. Sort of how I saw it... not even so much as convincing herself it is honorable, but learning to turn herself off emotionally in the process of surviving.
I see this one as being about prostitution, about a prostitute trying to convince herself that her calling is honorable: "I'm no boy stealing pennies from the poor." Good song, especially the flute lick when Hollis is singing "dum, the dum dum girl," etc.
@owennnnnnnnnn That makes sense to me. Sort of how I saw it... not even so much as convincing herself it is honorable, but learning to turn herself off emotionally in the process of surviving.
@owennnnnnnnnn That makes sense to me. Sort of how I saw it... not even so much as convincing herself it is honorable, but learning to turn herself off emotionally in the process of surviving.