I love this song but the lyrics are weak. "Out to the back" isn't descriptive. "After the fight" or "After the pipe" or something else is better. How does the poet pull a pistol on his sister when he is sitting out back? How does he know the barmaid's pulled a gun? Why does the barmaid pull a gun just before the poet pulls a gun? Is the barmaid the poet?
And "how I love the highway sun" should be "how I love the highway song", anyone who has spent much time on the road knows the highway song, but the sun on the highway is just the same as the sun on Manhattan.
And "my horse ain't too drunk?" wtf? That's just filling in a sound rather than a meaning.Make the horse a harley and then "Out on the bike the poet writes his song in blood" - anyone who has laid down a harley on the highway knows that blood very well.
I love this song but the lyrics are weak. "Out to the back" isn't descriptive. "After the fight" or "After the pipe" or something else is better. How does the poet pull a pistol on his sister when he is sitting out back? How does he know the barmaid's pulled a gun? Why does the barmaid pull a gun just before the poet pulls a gun? Is the barmaid the poet?
And "how I love the highway sun" should be "how I love the highway song", anyone who has spent much time on the road knows the highway song, but the sun on the highway is just the same as the sun on Manhattan.
And "my horse ain't too drunk?" wtf? That's just filling in a sound rather than a meaning.Make the horse a harley and then "Out on the bike the poet writes his song in blood" - anyone who has laid down a harley on the highway knows that blood very well.
Anyone care to sharpen up Ryan's lyrics?