Most likely, as with most of WOIIFTM, a criticism of America in the 1960's - especially the hippie culture. The title may refer to JFK's commitment to the Space Program & NASA; " a man on the moon by the end of this decade"
At th time police were pissed off at dealing with hippies - many who were spoiled middle class kids rebelling against a society that provided them with much. Not that I'm advocating cops beating on kids or that the USA was perfect.
If you read the lyrics without thinking of the melody the protagonist may have been drafted: He's over the camp in the valley (boot camp), while his hippie buddies are all hanging out in the alley back at home getting stoned.
Then again "the valley" can stand for an area in LA suburbs - Frank is always talking about the sub-culture around that area (from FREAK OUT all the way to Moon singing "Valley Girl" in the 80's),
Most likely, as with most of WOIIFTM, a criticism of America in the 1960's - especially the hippie culture. The title may refer to JFK's commitment to the Space Program & NASA; " a man on the moon by the end of this decade"
At th time police were pissed off at dealing with hippies - many who were spoiled middle class kids rebelling against a society that provided them with much. Not that I'm advocating cops beating on kids or that the USA was perfect.
If you read the lyrics without thinking of the melody the protagonist may have been drafted: He's over the camp in the valley (boot camp), while his hippie buddies are all hanging out in the alley back at home getting stoned.
Then again "the valley" can stand for an area in LA suburbs - Frank is always talking about the sub-culture around that area (from FREAK OUT all the way to Moon singing "Valley Girl" in the 80's),