I think your thoughts about this song are right on, musicgirl429.
According to interviews, Greg Dulli says that this song in particular was written as a character ("That's not me singing"). He wrote and recorded most of this album in New Orleans, being clean and sober for the first time in years. He said that, in New Orleans, there are codes for buying drugs. "40 dollars" and "love", he claims, are references to cocaine. It gives an interesting spin to "All you need is love" and "I got love for sale." I hate to be that guy that relates everything to drugs, but that's just what Greg Dulli has said.
...but then again, he has said a lot of things over the years.
I think your thoughts about this song are right on, musicgirl429.
According to interviews, Greg Dulli says that this song in particular was written as a character ("That's not me singing"). He wrote and recorded most of this album in New Orleans, being clean and sober for the first time in years. He said that, in New Orleans, there are codes for buying drugs. "40 dollars" and "love", he claims, are references to cocaine. It gives an interesting spin to "All you need is love" and "I got love for sale." I hate to be that guy that relates everything to drugs, but that's just what Greg Dulli has said.
...but then again, he has said a lot of things over the years.