They go for a test drive in a used car in the first verse. Bruce doesn't go because he hates what a used car means.
In the second, they are probably sitting in the office or something, trying to get a deal on the car (or maybe a new one??), but they can't. The salesman eyes the dad's hands, sees that he's a working man and decides not to take a risk on him. More insult in Bruce's eyes.
The neighbors coming out to check out the car is yet another humiliation. In the last two verses, we are back with Bruce, waiting for his parents to get back from the test drive.
But the daughter is too young to notice all this. All she cares about is that it's a 'new' car! Honk! Honk!
@Blernsball I grew up in Monmouth County New Jersey. I am about to turn 71 years old. That’s about three years or four years younger than Bruce. I used to see him live before he was famous. I come from a middle-class family just like he did. The only problem with this song is that he wrote it in a time when there was a lottery in New Jersey. When he was a little kid like when I was a little kid they did not have a lot in New Jersey. Not until the 70s. Lol it’s a wonderful sentiment,...
@Blernsball I grew up in Monmouth County New Jersey. I am about to turn 71 years old. That’s about three years or four years younger than Bruce. I used to see him live before he was famous. I come from a middle-class family just like he did. The only problem with this song is that he wrote it in a time when there was a lottery in New Jersey. When he was a little kid like when I was a little kid they did not have a lot in New Jersey. Not until the 70s. Lol it’s a wonderful sentiment, but the idea of the song as good as it is and as true as some of the emotions and scenarios could be, the chorus destroys it because there was no lottery lol
You guys are hilarious!
The second verse doesn't happen in the car.
They go for a test drive in a used car in the first verse. Bruce doesn't go because he hates what a used car means.
In the second, they are probably sitting in the office or something, trying to get a deal on the car (or maybe a new one??), but they can't. The salesman eyes the dad's hands, sees that he's a working man and decides not to take a risk on him. More insult in Bruce's eyes.
The neighbors coming out to check out the car is yet another humiliation. In the last two verses, we are back with Bruce, waiting for his parents to get back from the test drive.
But the daughter is too young to notice all this. All she cares about is that it's a 'new' car! Honk! Honk!
Brilliant.
@Blernsball I grew up in Monmouth County New Jersey. I am about to turn 71 years old. That’s about three years or four years younger than Bruce. I used to see him live before he was famous. I come from a middle-class family just like he did. The only problem with this song is that he wrote it in a time when there was a lottery in New Jersey. When he was a little kid like when I was a little kid they did not have a lot in New Jersey. Not until the 70s. Lol it’s a wonderful sentiment,...
@Blernsball I grew up in Monmouth County New Jersey. I am about to turn 71 years old. That’s about three years or four years younger than Bruce. I used to see him live before he was famous. I come from a middle-class family just like he did. The only problem with this song is that he wrote it in a time when there was a lottery in New Jersey. When he was a little kid like when I was a little kid they did not have a lot in New Jersey. Not until the 70s. Lol it’s a wonderful sentiment, but the idea of the song as good as it is and as true as some of the emotions and scenarios could be, the chorus destroys it because there was no lottery lol