Correct, it is an hippie regret song aka going to San Francisco (with flowers in your hair), "Gotta do the things I wanna do", leaving a girl friend behind. Basically, a home sick song. The " lights all went out in Massachusetts" reference is a metaphor for the rush, or huge movement to the west coast at this time generated by the Flowers in your hair song.
Kind of like saying the lights went out on the east coast went gold was discovered in the California Gold Rush (1848–1855).
Correct, it is an hippie regret song aka going to San Francisco (with flowers in your hair), "Gotta do the things I wanna do", leaving a girl friend behind. Basically, a home sick song. The " lights all went out in Massachusetts" reference is a metaphor for the rush, or huge movement to the west coast at this time generated by the Flowers in your hair song.
Kind of like saying the lights went out on the east coast went gold was discovered in the California Gold Rush (1848–1855).
It's an anti flower power song!
Correct, it is an hippie regret song aka going to San Francisco (with flowers in your hair), "Gotta do the things I wanna do", leaving a girl friend behind. Basically, a home sick song. The " lights all went out in Massachusetts" reference is a metaphor for the rush, or huge movement to the west coast at this time generated by the Flowers in your hair song. Kind of like saying the lights went out on the east coast went gold was discovered in the California Gold Rush (1848–1855).
Correct, it is an hippie regret song aka going to San Francisco (with flowers in your hair), "Gotta do the things I wanna do", leaving a girl friend behind. Basically, a home sick song. The " lights all went out in Massachusetts" reference is a metaphor for the rush, or huge movement to the west coast at this time generated by the Flowers in your hair song. Kind of like saying the lights went out on the east coast went gold was discovered in the California Gold Rush (1848–1855).