Thanks futatorius! Good info. Now, I've gone back and looked at this with new eyes.
I think she's an older woman, and the car makes her feel young again. Yellow jackets and "red debbles" are the pachucos .. they're wearing yellow jackets and red devil jackets, and of course she's sporting the bee hive hair do. So, they're buzzing around her for the car, like they used to buzz around her in her youth.
"tattoes and tarnished utenzles", "snow white bag full o tunes" may be referring to the woman, and is another line that suggests she's in her later years.
One line really intrigues me:
"Her lovin makes me so happy
if I smiled I'd crack m' chin"
I now think this may be the car's perspective, describing how he loves her energy and the great care she gives to the it (the car). Of course, if the front part of a car tried to actually smile, the front fender would crack!
The rest of the poem may be describing the woman .. or the car .. or both! What do you think?
Skin as smooth as daisies and teeth as clean as combs (i.e. a well kept front grill) could easily describe the car. Still, I think the word cadaver has meaning .. Beefheart could just be referring to her very old age, or it could go deeper ...
Thanks futatorius! Good info. Now, I've gone back and looked at this with new eyes.
I think she's an older woman, and the car makes her feel young again. Yellow jackets and "red debbles" are the pachucos .. they're wearing yellow jackets and red devil jackets, and of course she's sporting the bee hive hair do. So, they're buzzing around her for the car, like they used to buzz around her in her youth.
"tattoes and tarnished utenzles", "snow white bag full o tunes" may be referring to the woman, and is another line that suggests she's in her later years.
One line really intrigues me:
"Her lovin makes me so happy if I smiled I'd crack m' chin"
I now think this may be the car's perspective, describing how he loves her energy and the great care she gives to the it (the car). Of course, if the front part of a car tried to actually smile, the front fender would crack!
The rest of the poem may be describing the woman .. or the car .. or both! What do you think?
Skin as smooth as daisies and teeth as clean as combs (i.e. a well kept front grill) could easily describe the car. Still, I think the word cadaver has meaning .. Beefheart could just be referring to her very old age, or it could go deeper ...