You Can't Hold The Hand Of A Rock And Roll Man Lyrics

Lyric discussion by benfriedlander 

Cover art for You Can't Hold The Hand Of A Rock And Roll Man lyrics by Okkervil River

Sounds to me like "... your crew collates", referring maybe to the chingy they just got for the "grass" , and here I think the "new cash for old grass" line is a way of saying getting paid for playing the same thing over and over again each week. Which obviously the singer is not satisfied with, which is why he is in the van.

I also think that they are saying "young cads roasting away", not "your cat..."