Surely it's about the shooting of Martin Luterh King Jr - the line
"After the parade has gone"
surely referrs to the rally he addressed the day before (March 3rd 1968)
furthermore,
"Outside
Was a happy place
Every face had a smile like the golden face
For a second"
The "happy place" could be referring to the fact that the Civil Rights acts had been passed if you take "outside" to mean the African-Americans in the Civil Rights struggle. Then "for a second," of course is longer in real life, but for the purpose of the song, but obviously when MLK was murdered, this would have upset many people, regardless of the happiess that must have been felt after the Civil Rights Acts were passed.
Surely it's about the shooting of Martin Luterh King Jr - the line
"After the parade has gone"
surely referrs to the rally he addressed the day before (March 3rd 1968)
furthermore,
"Outside Was a happy place Every face had a smile like the golden face For a second"
The "happy place" could be referring to the fact that the Civil Rights acts had been passed if you take "outside" to mean the African-Americans in the Civil Rights struggle. Then "for a second," of course is longer in real life, but for the purpose of the song, but obviously when MLK was murdered, this would have upset many people, regardless of the happiess that must have been felt after the Civil Rights Acts were passed.
When played live the song is often accompanied by background slides of John F Kennedy.
When played live the song is often accompanied by background slides of John F Kennedy.