Corrections: its not "an order" its just "orders"
"They say to keep up with the times, keep up with the jones, keep up with the rest of your class, So I keep an open mind in this closed minded world that keeps on tellin' me to keep of this grass" You left out "They say," in the first line; there is no I in the 2nd verse and you left out off in the phrase keep off the grass in the 2nd verse. I can't decipher if it's "I'd do fine on my own" or "I do" doesn't change the meaning much either way although the tone of the song suggests people are ordering him around so he would be saying he would do fine without them.
Anyway. Great song, excellent use of the double entendre "grass" since Todd is a self-avowed pot smoker. Great hippe themes about autonomy and social constrcutions and raises questions about how "free" we really are in America. Todd can pack a lot into 2:13 seconds. Can't believe I'm the first one posting on this song.
I went back and tried to do the best that I could. It doesn't help that on the "Happy to Be Here" version Todd doesn't sing the chorus the same way each time. I like your point with the marijuana entendre, which I'm sure he would agree with, although I'm not sure he intentionally built into the song.
I went back and tried to do the best that I could. It doesn't help that on the "Happy to Be Here" version Todd doesn't sing the chorus the same way each time. I like your point with the marijuana entendre, which I'm sure he would agree with, although I'm not sure he intentionally built into the song.
Corrections: its not "an order" its just "orders" "They say to keep up with the times, keep up with the jones, keep up with the rest of your class, So I keep an open mind in this closed minded world that keeps on tellin' me to keep of this grass" You left out "They say," in the first line; there is no I in the 2nd verse and you left out off in the phrase keep off the grass in the 2nd verse. I can't decipher if it's "I'd do fine on my own" or "I do" doesn't change the meaning much either way although the tone of the song suggests people are ordering him around so he would be saying he would do fine without them. Anyway. Great song, excellent use of the double entendre "grass" since Todd is a self-avowed pot smoker. Great hippe themes about autonomy and social constrcutions and raises questions about how "free" we really are in America. Todd can pack a lot into 2:13 seconds. Can't believe I'm the first one posting on this song.
I went back and tried to do the best that I could. It doesn't help that on the "Happy to Be Here" version Todd doesn't sing the chorus the same way each time. I like your point with the marijuana entendre, which I'm sure he would agree with, although I'm not sure he intentionally built into the song.
I went back and tried to do the best that I could. It doesn't help that on the "Happy to Be Here" version Todd doesn't sing the chorus the same way each time. I like your point with the marijuana entendre, which I'm sure he would agree with, although I'm not sure he intentionally built into the song.