Yeah, I think it's about a country or desert girl that gets knocked up and marries the father of her baby even though he doesn't want to be in the picture and she's not sure she wants to marry him. I get the impression that she's leaving him as she's driving down 9, if you see the events described as backwards, it kind of makes sense.
My boyfriend lived on a farm road 9 when I was in high school and this song always reminds me of him.
Yea I think so. It's a reversed sentiment song: you'd expect a guy to be doing a runner on his wedding day, hence the "shotgun wedding" reference, but in this version it's a woman... and she's pregnant.
Yea I think so. It's a reversed sentiment song: you'd expect a guy to be doing a runner on his wedding day, hence the "shotgun wedding" reference, but in this version it's a woman... and she's pregnant.
Now there is a character not often illustrated in pop or country music. She's pregnant and she doesn't care bout being alone, she'd rather start on her own than marry the guy. By the time she's in the car she's almost forgotten him, he's just a meaningless shadow. So he's either one distant guy emotionally or she's one cold fish herself.
Now there is a character not often illustrated in pop or country music. She's pregnant and she doesn't care bout being alone, she'd rather start on her own than marry the guy. By the time she's in the car she's almost forgotten him, he's just a meaningless shadow. So he's either one distant guy emotionally or she's one cold fish herself.
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On another level I think it's about leaving the illusion of the white picket fence, mainstream culture and security, existence behind and going out to find something personally meaningful.
Yeah, I think it's about a country or desert girl that gets knocked up and marries the father of her baby even though he doesn't want to be in the picture and she's not sure she wants to marry him. I get the impression that she's leaving him as she's driving down 9, if you see the events described as backwards, it kind of makes sense.
My boyfriend lived on a farm road 9 when I was in high school and this song always reminds me of him.
Yea I think so. It's a reversed sentiment song: you'd expect a guy to be doing a runner on his wedding day, hence the "shotgun wedding" reference, but in this version it's a woman... and she's pregnant.
Yea I think so. It's a reversed sentiment song: you'd expect a guy to be doing a runner on his wedding day, hence the "shotgun wedding" reference, but in this version it's a woman... and she's pregnant.
Now there is a character not often illustrated in pop or country music. She's pregnant and she doesn't care bout being alone, she'd rather start on her own than marry the guy. By the time she's in the car she's almost forgotten him, he's just a meaningless shadow. So he's either one distant guy emotionally or she's one cold fish herself.
Now there is a character not often illustrated in pop or country music. She's pregnant and she doesn't care bout being alone, she'd rather start on her own than marry the guy. By the time she's in the car she's almost forgotten him, he's just a meaningless shadow. So he's either one distant guy emotionally or she's one cold fish herself.
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On another level I think it's about leaving the illusion of the white picket fence, mainstream culture and security, existence behind and going out to find something personally meaningful.