On a visit to Southern California, a middle aged guide took me around the hills surrounding the Sausolito area and she pointed to a bay where there used to be house boats in the 1970s. These houseboats were inhabited by squatters - a practice that was referred to as taking a "free ride". She had never heard of the song when I suggested that perhaps what Edgar's band was singing about.
On a visit to Southern California, a middle aged guide took me around the hills surrounding the Sausolito area and she pointed to a bay where there used to be house boats in the 1970s. These houseboats were inhabited by squatters - a practice that was referred to as taking a "free ride". She had never heard of the song when I suggested that perhaps what Edgar's band was singing about.