I'm not really sure about the lyrics but I think it might be about racism? I think The Band are saying that even though slavery has ended - "there's no need to slave, the whip is in the grave" - racism still needs to be overcome in the U.S.
They highlight a reluctance to talk about racism - "It seems to me we've been holding something underneath our tongues" and point towards the south of America as a epicentre of racism - "I'd rather be burned in Canada than to freeze here in the south." Despite this, The Band urges everyone to "talk about it now."
But anyways, this song is irrelevant now. Obama has been elected, so racism is over, right? :P
Wrong - the song is about the band's friend Timmy Jones. timmy got his tong bited in a sawmill accident. But he got a new tongue. So WE (the band + timmy) can talk now.
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Wrong - the song is about the band's friend Timmy Jones. timmy got his tong bited in a sawmill accident. But he got a new tongue. So WE (the band + timmy) can talk now.
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Question - Are you stuped?
Answer - OBAMA HAS BEEN ELECTED IM FUNNY.
Answer - your not funny your an idiot. GET A LIFE
Question - Are you stuped?
Answer - OBAMA HAS BEEN ELECTED IM FUNNY.
Answer - your not funny your an idiot. GET A LIFE
I'm not really sure about the lyrics but I think it might be about racism? I think The Band are saying that even though slavery has ended - "there's no need to slave, the whip is in the grave" - racism still needs to be overcome in the U.S.
They highlight a reluctance to talk about racism - "It seems to me we've been holding something underneath our tongues" and point towards the south of America as a epicentre of racism - "I'd rather be burned in Canada than to freeze here in the south." Despite this, The Band urges everyone to "talk about it now."
But anyways, this song is irrelevant now. Obama has been elected, so racism is over, right? :P
Wrong - the song is about the band's friend Timmy Jones. timmy got his tong bited in a sawmill accident. But he got a new tongue. So WE (the band + timmy) can talk now. ]
Wrong - the song is about the band's friend Timmy Jones. timmy got his tong bited in a sawmill accident. But he got a new tongue. So WE (the band + timmy) can talk now. ]
Question - Are you stuped? Answer - OBAMA HAS BEEN ELECTED IM FUNNY. Answer - your not funny your an idiot. GET A LIFE
Question - Are you stuped? Answer - OBAMA HAS BEEN ELECTED IM FUNNY. Answer - your not funny your an idiot. GET A LIFE