I love this song. I've always thought the line "I put down my blanket on cigarette-butt beach / I saw the old man, he was doing okay" was an allusion to or reference of The Pixies' Dig for Fire where he says "There is this old man who has spent so much of his life sleeping That he is able to keep awake for the rest of his years He resides, on a beach, in a town where I am going to live And I often ask him "Are you looking for the mother lode?" No, no my child, this is not my desire and then he said "I'm digging for fire".
Whether it is or not, I love his songwriting.
I love this song. I've always thought the line "I put down my blanket on cigarette-butt beach / I saw the old man, he was doing okay" was an allusion to or reference of The Pixies' Dig for Fire where he says "There is this old man who has spent so much of his life sleeping That he is able to keep awake for the rest of his years He resides, on a beach, in a town where I am going to live And I often ask him "Are you looking for the mother lode?" No, no my child, this is not my desire and then he said "I'm digging for fire". Whether it is or not, I love his songwriting.