The lyrics wreak of desperation, save for the recurring reference to that last silver dollar. Surely a dollar isn't enough to sustain a human body. It seems more like something that sustains a desperate soul. Maybe hope? Maybe a phrase overheard in a casino (false hope). Whatever that silver dollar represents, it seems to define the ability to muster the will to survive with even the smallest chance. Most likely a tune more appreciated by non-conformists. So very well-received when it was released in 1970.
I've always thought it was a reference to pride. I know several men who no matter what will keep one dollar on them at all times. My husband told me it was a pride thing. Who knows. I may be way off on thinking that. Great song.
I've always thought it was a reference to pride. I know several men who no matter what will keep one dollar on them at all times. My husband told me it was a pride thing. Who knows. I may be way off on thinking that. Great song.
The lyrics wreak of desperation, save for the recurring reference to that last silver dollar. Surely a dollar isn't enough to sustain a human body. It seems more like something that sustains a desperate soul. Maybe hope? Maybe a phrase overheard in a casino (false hope). Whatever that silver dollar represents, it seems to define the ability to muster the will to survive with even the smallest chance. Most likely a tune more appreciated by non-conformists. So very well-received when it was released in 1970.
I've always thought it was a reference to pride. I know several men who no matter what will keep one dollar on them at all times. My husband told me it was a pride thing. Who knows. I may be way off on thinking that. Great song.
I've always thought it was a reference to pride. I know several men who no matter what will keep one dollar on them at all times. My husband told me it was a pride thing. Who knows. I may be way off on thinking that. Great song.
I was told once that silver dollar was slang for an oz of cocaine. /shrug
I was told once that silver dollar was slang for an oz of cocaine. /shrug