starts off with a reference to the great gold- rush of 1849 - "get out your pans"....when this was written, there was a big old- west fad goin' on....I recall bands like the charlatans, the James gang, the new riders, then later, stuff like the eagle's album desperado.....Hunter loved the whole old- west vibe, and here he combines that ilk with the then- hippie- ethic of being a lazy stoner: " don't stand there dreamin'' and "when you find the floor"....it was (and still is ) a great joke to prank on your your stoner buds, and Hunter loved that prank too.
starts off with a reference to the great gold- rush of 1849 - "get out your pans"....when this was written, there was a big old- west fad goin' on....I recall bands like the charlatans, the James gang, the new riders, then later, stuff like the eagle's album desperado.....Hunter loved the whole old- west vibe, and here he combines that ilk with the then- hippie- ethic of being a lazy stoner: " don't stand there dreamin'' and "when you find the floor"....it was (and still is ) a great joke to prank on your your stoner buds, and Hunter loved that prank too.