Lyric discussion by PeartismyHero 

Cover art for Spanish Castle Magic lyrics by Jimi Hendrix Experience, The

gage1 is kind of right. it is about his first gig he played. but not about his car. "takes half a day to get there" is just a line. it has no meaning about how long it actually took to get there. the Spanish Castle was a club in northern Seattle, where Jimi grew up