The song is, of course, a Green River original, and they wrote it in the mid-80s, during the height of the Reagan administration. It's about this guy who is simply describing how he's sick of his girlfriend's shallow, rabid patriotism. The lyrics state, "Now I wanna go for her THROAT" (not 'throne'), and you get the feeling that he thought she was attractive once, but now he hates her because of how blindly pro-America she is.
It was basically a bit of protest revivalism during a time period in the United States when maintaining and following the status quo was once again considered admirable (the 80s).
The song is, of course, a Green River original, and they wrote it in the mid-80s, during the height of the Reagan administration. It's about this guy who is simply describing how he's sick of his girlfriend's shallow, rabid patriotism. The lyrics state, "Now I wanna go for her THROAT" (not 'throne'), and you get the feeling that he thought she was attractive once, but now he hates her because of how blindly pro-America she is.
It was basically a bit of protest revivalism during a time period in the United States when maintaining and following the status quo was once again considered admirable (the 80s).