I think FusionSecret has it pretty well summed up; this song is not particularly esoteric.
It is worth considering, however, that The Evens are a DC band, and there's probably something in the frustration with governors that comes from a form of sour grapes.
That is to say, DC citizens would probably need buy-in from either state governments or from congress to have the rights that citizens of other states have: not only do we lack the rights of other states, but part of what makes things fail to work for Washingtonians is the work of all these governors. Then again, the song does point to failures on the part of governors that affect their constituents more than anyone, so perhaps this song points to a notion that DC Statehood is not the great prize Washingtonians treat it as.
I think FusionSecret has it pretty well summed up; this song is not particularly esoteric.
It is worth considering, however, that The Evens are a DC band, and there's probably something in the frustration with governors that comes from a form of sour grapes.
That is to say, DC citizens would probably need buy-in from either state governments or from congress to have the rights that citizens of other states have: not only do we lack the rights of other states, but part of what makes things fail to work for Washingtonians is the work of all these governors. Then again, the song does point to failures on the part of governors that affect their constituents more than anyone, so perhaps this song points to a notion that DC Statehood is not the great prize Washingtonians treat it as.