davidcsmith Is pretty close but what I have read is that the band was getting fed up with Braunstead’s faux Morrison/Lizard King antics. So, they wrote it to try to embarrass him and tried to make the lyrics as ridiculous as possible, but to their chagrin, it became a popular number with audiences and basically backfired.
Or as one might say: “And the joke’s on you...”
davidcsmith Is pretty close but what I have read is that the band was getting fed up with Braunstead’s faux Morrison/Lizard King antics. So, they wrote it to try to embarrass him and tried to make the lyrics as ridiculous as possible, but to their chagrin, it became a popular number with audiences and basically backfired. Or as one might say: “And the joke’s on you...”