OK, this has been one of my favorite songs for 25+ years, and I just today figured out that I might have been misinterpreting one of the lyrics. When she says, "There ain't nothing back in Jersey but a broken-down jalopy of a man I left behind" I have always assumed she was referring to an actual car. But when I heard the song today I realized it's probably a metaphor; she's referring to her ex- as a "broken-down jalopy of a man". I'm not usually so literal-minded! I can't believe this great little poetic turn of a phrase has tricked and evaded me for all these years.
@writerly I had always heard that line as the protagonist describing himself as a broken down jalopy of a man who left jersey after failing his dreams and crawling inside a bottle.
He’s a drifter now and ended up at Shwab’s Drugstore with a bus ticket heading west, until he ‘fell in love’ with the waitress and decided to stay.
@writerly I had always heard that line as the protagonist describing himself as a broken down jalopy of a man who left jersey after failing his dreams and crawling inside a bottle.
He’s a drifter now and ended up at Shwab’s Drugstore with a bus ticket heading west, until he ‘fell in love’ with the waitress and decided to stay.
@writerly I though it was him describing himself and therefore not having any particular motivation to go back to his life in Jersey... you could be right too of course! :)
@writerly I though it was him describing himself and therefore not having any particular motivation to go back to his life in Jersey... you could be right too of course! :)
@writerly this may help clear up a little the line Bout about a broken down jals him singing not her he left Jersey and you're right it's a metaphor of broken down man and a natyle with the booze
@writerly this may help clear up a little the line Bout about a broken down jals him singing not her he left Jersey and you're right it's a metaphor of broken down man and a natyle with the booze
A couple of
Impt mistakes in the lyrics fishes I can eat here every night not not need every night
A couple of
Impt mistakes in the lyrics fishes I can eat here every night not not need every night
OK, this has been one of my favorite songs for 25+ years, and I just today figured out that I might have been misinterpreting one of the lyrics. When she says, "There ain't nothing back in Jersey but a broken-down jalopy of a man I left behind" I have always assumed she was referring to an actual car. But when I heard the song today I realized it's probably a metaphor; she's referring to her ex- as a "broken-down jalopy of a man". I'm not usually so literal-minded! I can't believe this great little poetic turn of a phrase has tricked and evaded me for all these years.
@writerly I had always heard that line as the protagonist describing himself as a broken down jalopy of a man who left jersey after failing his dreams and crawling inside a bottle. He’s a drifter now and ended up at Shwab’s Drugstore with a bus ticket heading west, until he ‘fell in love’ with the waitress and decided to stay.
@writerly I had always heard that line as the protagonist describing himself as a broken down jalopy of a man who left jersey after failing his dreams and crawling inside a bottle. He’s a drifter now and ended up at Shwab’s Drugstore with a bus ticket heading west, until he ‘fell in love’ with the waitress and decided to stay.
@writerly I though it was him describing himself and therefore not having any particular motivation to go back to his life in Jersey... you could be right too of course! :)
@writerly I though it was him describing himself and therefore not having any particular motivation to go back to his life in Jersey... you could be right too of course! :)
@writerly this may help clear up a little the line Bout about a broken down jals him singing not her he left Jersey and you're right it's a metaphor of broken down man and a natyle with the booze
@writerly this may help clear up a little the line Bout about a broken down jals him singing not her he left Jersey and you're right it's a metaphor of broken down man and a natyle with the booze
A couple of Impt mistakes in the lyrics fishes I can eat here every night not not need every night
A couple of Impt mistakes in the lyrics fishes I can eat here every night not not need every night