IMO: it's a defiance and an anti-establishment song, in whichever form establishment takes. According to the comments made by jingy23on September 09, 2007 & nrwilkinsonon on November 12, 2010, I read such aspects as: 1) not wanting to conform (to his band); and 2) not want to fight in war/join the military. The lines "Working starts to make me wonder where fruits of what I do are going" is relevant for just about any bored student and/or employee. And then there are the lines "When he says in love and war all is fair, he's got cards he ain't showing". Perhaps, on a more personal level to him, recording/music industry and/or band members cheating him. The defiance becomes inspiration in the lines. And in the simple word "Sunshine". Great song!
@joedinbjar “He says in love and war all is fair, he's got cards he ain't showing” - as I’ve gotten older and learned more about life, I’ve begun to realize this line may refer to the draft for Vietnam.
@joedinbjar “He says in love and war all is fair, he's got cards he ain't showing” - as I’ve gotten older and learned more about life, I’ve begun to realize this line may refer to the draft for Vietnam.
A draft is supposed to randomly choose men to serve in the military so it was fair. But for those like me who didn’t know it at the time, we’ve learned that rich families could pay doctors to write false medical reports to exempt draftees, and really rich families could get their sons assigned to safer duty....
A draft is supposed to randomly choose men to serve in the military so it was fair. But for those like me who didn’t know it at the time, we’ve learned that rich families could pay doctors to write false medical reports to exempt draftees, and really rich families could get their sons assigned to safer duty. So “How much does it cost?” is a real question, and the military wasn’t showing all it’s cards because this wasn’t available to ordinary people.
IMO: it's a defiance and an anti-establishment song, in whichever form establishment takes. According to the comments made by jingy23on September 09, 2007 & nrwilkinsonon on November 12, 2010, I read such aspects as: 1) not wanting to conform (to his band); and 2) not want to fight in war/join the military. The lines "Working starts to make me wonder where fruits of what I do are going" is relevant for just about any bored student and/or employee. And then there are the lines "When he says in love and war all is fair, he's got cards he ain't showing". Perhaps, on a more personal level to him, recording/music industry and/or band members cheating him. The defiance becomes inspiration in the lines. And in the simple word "Sunshine". Great song!
@joedinbjar “He says in love and war all is fair, he's got cards he ain't showing” - as I’ve gotten older and learned more about life, I’ve begun to realize this line may refer to the draft for Vietnam.
@joedinbjar “He says in love and war all is fair, he's got cards he ain't showing” - as I’ve gotten older and learned more about life, I’ve begun to realize this line may refer to the draft for Vietnam.
A draft is supposed to randomly choose men to serve in the military so it was fair. But for those like me who didn’t know it at the time, we’ve learned that rich families could pay doctors to write false medical reports to exempt draftees, and really rich families could get their sons assigned to safer duty....
A draft is supposed to randomly choose men to serve in the military so it was fair. But for those like me who didn’t know it at the time, we’ve learned that rich families could pay doctors to write false medical reports to exempt draftees, and really rich families could get their sons assigned to safer duty. So “How much does it cost?” is a real question, and the military wasn’t showing all it’s cards because this wasn’t available to ordinary people.