Old hobo coming home a generation after being shanghaied. Kind of a sad song. Not clear if the youngster is really his daughter or if he's just trying to pick her up and it's a weird fantasy. Makes a good companion piece to the lyrically far less complex Pixies song "Here Comes Your Man."
Piper Cub: a small aircraft, used to be everywhere.
Barber pole and Painless Parker: in the old West, it wasn't unusual for the dentist to be upstairs from the barber shop.
High-hat beaver mustached man: manages to mix beaver hat with a beaver-like mustache.
Old hobo coming home a generation after being shanghaied. Kind of a sad song. Not clear if the youngster is really his daughter or if he's just trying to pick her up and it's a weird fantasy. Makes a good companion piece to the lyrically far less complex Pixies song "Here Comes Your Man."
Piper Cub: a small aircraft, used to be everywhere.
Barber pole and Painless Parker: in the old West, it wasn't unusual for the dentist to be upstairs from the barber shop.
High-hat beaver mustached man: manages to mix beaver hat with a beaver-like mustache.