I think y'all are over analyzing this song, it's about a girl, a girl that did him wrong and he still pursued her, she'd spend his money on dope, she'd fuck guys with cool cars, and all for what reason..?? Because he was a compromise, not her first choice, not valuable enough to worry about losing.
@Brachs In the liner notes to his 1993 anthology Great Days, Prine writes of this song, "The idea I had in mind was that America was this girl you used to take to drive-in movies. And then when you went to get some popcorn, she turned around and screwed some guy in foreign sports car. I really love America. I just don't know how to get there anymore."
@Brachs In the liner notes to his 1993 anthology Great Days, Prine writes of this song, "The idea I had in mind was that America was this girl you used to take to drive-in movies. And then when you went to get some popcorn, she turned around and screwed some guy in foreign sports car. I really love America. I just don't know how to get there anymore."
I think y'all are over analyzing this song, it's about a girl, a girl that did him wrong and he still pursued her, she'd spend his money on dope, she'd fuck guys with cool cars, and all for what reason..?? Because he was a compromise, not her first choice, not valuable enough to worry about losing.
It's a brilliant song that can be taken literally as well as politically. Prine has spoken about the comparison to the USA in interviews, though.
It's a brilliant song that can be taken literally as well as politically. Prine has spoken about the comparison to the USA in interviews, though.
@Brachs In the liner notes to his 1993 anthology Great Days, Prine writes of this song, "The idea I had in mind was that America was this girl you used to take to drive-in movies. And then when you went to get some popcorn, she turned around and screwed some guy in foreign sports car. I really love America. I just don't know how to get there anymore."
@Brachs In the liner notes to his 1993 anthology Great Days, Prine writes of this song, "The idea I had in mind was that America was this girl you used to take to drive-in movies. And then when you went to get some popcorn, she turned around and screwed some guy in foreign sports car. I really love America. I just don't know how to get there anymore."