Hippies. This is the Dead. They're singing about free love and turning on. Or sex and drugs, in today's Vernacular. Very sexual and innocent at the same time. And jeez, every dead song seems to talk about the light, right? Lets break it down line by line:
Sugar Magnolia blossom's blooming (sex)
Head's all empty and I don't care (drugs)
Saw my baby down by the river
Knew she'd have to come up soon for air
Sweet blossom come on under the willow (attracted to you)
We can have high times if you'll abide (drugs)
We can discover the wonders of nature (sex)
Rolling in the rushes down by the riverside (sex cont.)
She's got everything delightful (sex)
She's got everything I need (sex)
Takes the wheel when I'm seeing double (drugs)
Pays my ticket when I speed (awww, that's sweet)
She come skimming through rays of violet
She can wade in a drop of dew (K, got me on this one)
She don't come and I don't follow (it was called FREE love for a reason)
Waits backstage while I sing to you (but, hey, she still waits for him)
She can dance a Cajun rhythm
Jump like a Willys in four wheel drive
She's a summer love in the spring, fall and winter
She can make happy any man alive (sounds like she's pretty cool)
Sugar magnolia
Ringin' that blue bell
Caught up in sunlight
Come on out singing
I'll walk you in the sunshine
Come on honey, come along with me (yea... this is all about sex)
She's got everything delightful
She's got everything I need (more sex)
A breeze in the pines in the summer night moonlight
Crazy in the sunlight yes indeed
Sometimes when the cuckoo's crying
When the moon is halfway down
Sometimes when the night is dying
I take me out and I wander round
I wander round (its late at night, guessing he's gonna party w/ the boys)
Sunshine daydream
Walk you the tall trees
Going where the wind goes
Blooming like a red rose
Breathing more freely
Light out singing
I'll walk you in the morning sunshine
Sunshine daydream
Walk you in the sunshine (but he comes back to her in the morning)
Hippies. This is the Dead. They're singing about free love and turning on. Or sex and drugs, in today's Vernacular. Very sexual and innocent at the same time. And jeez, every dead song seems to talk about the light, right? Lets break it down line by line:
Sugar Magnolia blossom's blooming (sex) Head's all empty and I don't care (drugs) Saw my baby down by the river Knew she'd have to come up soon for air
Sweet blossom come on under the willow (attracted to you) We can have high times if you'll abide (drugs) We can discover the wonders of nature (sex) Rolling in the rushes down by the riverside (sex cont.)
She's got everything delightful (sex) She's got everything I need (sex) Takes the wheel when I'm seeing double (drugs) Pays my ticket when I speed (awww, that's sweet)
She come skimming through rays of violet She can wade in a drop of dew (K, got me on this one) She don't come and I don't follow (it was called FREE love for a reason) Waits backstage while I sing to you (but, hey, she still waits for him)
She can dance a Cajun rhythm Jump like a Willys in four wheel drive She's a summer love in the spring, fall and winter She can make happy any man alive (sounds like she's pretty cool)
Sugar magnolia Ringin' that blue bell Caught up in sunlight Come on out singing I'll walk you in the sunshine Come on honey, come along with me (yea... this is all about sex)
She's got everything delightful She's got everything I need (more sex) A breeze in the pines in the summer night moonlight Crazy in the sunlight yes indeed
Sometimes when the cuckoo's crying When the moon is halfway down Sometimes when the night is dying I take me out and I wander round I wander round (its late at night, guessing he's gonna party w/ the boys)
Sunshine daydream Walk you the tall trees Going where the wind goes Blooming like a red rose Breathing more freely Light out singing I'll walk you in the morning sunshine Sunshine daydream Walk you in the sunshine (but he comes back to her in the morning)