According to Richard Shindell, this song is about three boys who run away from home, and are caught by the cops out looking for the Oklahoma City Bomber - the last line gives it away: "On that morning, Oklahoma, late April ninety-five." The cops realise they've got the wrong people and the boys make their way home hungover but a bit wiser.
According to Richard Shindell, this song is about three boys who run away from home, and are caught by the cops out looking for the Oklahoma City Bomber - the last line gives it away: "On that morning, Oklahoma, late April ninety-five." The cops realise they've got the wrong people and the boys make their way home hungover but a bit wiser.