Since this was on the super deluxe version of New Traditionalists, I'm assuming it was from those sessions. Anyway, the song is about how a lot of people were led to believe that if they did well and studied hard, they'd go places in life. However, they left out one crucial element - you also have to know the right people. Those that didn't know the right people were stuck with being the low man on the totem pole.
Since this was on the super deluxe version of New Traditionalists, I'm assuming it was from those sessions. Anyway, the song is about how a lot of people were led to believe that if they did well and studied hard, they'd go places in life. However, they left out one crucial element - you also have to know the right people. Those that didn't know the right people were stuck with being the low man on the totem pole.