Lyric discussion by LockeSlate 

Cover art for Surprise Truck lyrics by Camper Van Beethoven

American stasis: we never turn the page. Hearkens to Kesey's Pranksters ("the family's buses"), 1968 Chicago convention and American Realism - the cement truck. I get a flavor for Edward Hopper's paintings, hallucinogenic driven riffs (played pretty well).

They never identify the "Surprise Truck" because they can't. It falls out of the norm. Someone turned the page and cognitive dissonance ensued. I wish it was the ice cream truck: I'm hungry!