I like to think of this song as being sung by an adult in the middle of an argument with her partner. She finishes the arguement with a shout of "I'm going to sleep in the Girls' room" the Girls being her children and after going into the room with her kids she thinks back to the days when she was on the cusp of adulthood (The reference to shaving being pubity) and the sense of uninhibited enjoyment she felt then.
I'm sure if Elliott Smith had sung it it would be about drugs though :)
I like to think of this song as being sung by an adult in the middle of an argument with her partner. She finishes the arguement with a shout of "I'm going to sleep in the Girls' room" the Girls being her children and after going into the room with her kids she thinks back to the days when she was on the cusp of adulthood (The reference to shaving being pubity) and the sense of uninhibited enjoyment she felt then.
I'm sure if Elliott Smith had sung it it would be about drugs though :)