The meaning in this song, as described by Henley on the Inside Job Live DVD, is that it's not that extra-terrestrials haven't come to Earth because they can't; it's because they don't want to. "Primary cultural exports being theme parks and junk food....and rock and roll of course."
The meaning in this song, as described by Henley on the Inside Job Live DVD, is that it's not that extra-terrestrials haven't come to Earth because they can't; it's because they don't want to. "Primary cultural exports being theme parks and junk food....and rock and roll of course."