Ok yall this is a song about the government in the 60s. the hippies revolted by goin bak to nature and the old ways, allot of youth didnt want to live like society wanted "its bettr the way we have" walsh actually says the bases r loaded IN CASE HES AT BATT talking about politics n the president, "time to change the batter" talking about nixon being elected and he was a crook too "it doesnt matter. Thats why that gen lived the rocky mountain way .
Well finally this is the first close to the truth translation I've ever seen. It's clearly a draft dodger reference as many young people at the time found hiding wherever they could to avoid the draft including the Rocky mountains and Canada - "it's better than the way we had" is a refernce to blind obedience of the first and second world wars... and the rest is history...
Well finally this is the first close to the truth translation I've ever seen. It's clearly a draft dodger reference as many young people at the time found hiding wherever they could to avoid the draft including the Rocky mountains and Canada - "it's better than the way we had" is a refernce to blind obedience of the first and second world wars... and the rest is history...
Ok yall this is a song about the government in the 60s. the hippies revolted by goin bak to nature and the old ways, allot of youth didnt want to live like society wanted "its bettr the way we have" walsh actually says the bases r loaded IN CASE HES AT BATT talking about politics n the president, "time to change the batter" talking about nixon being elected and he was a crook too "it doesnt matter. Thats why that gen lived the rocky mountain way .
Well finally this is the first close to the truth translation I've ever seen. It's clearly a draft dodger reference as many young people at the time found hiding wherever they could to avoid the draft including the Rocky mountains and Canada - "it's better than the way we had" is a refernce to blind obedience of the first and second world wars... and the rest is history...
Well finally this is the first close to the truth translation I've ever seen. It's clearly a draft dodger reference as many young people at the time found hiding wherever they could to avoid the draft including the Rocky mountains and Canada - "it's better than the way we had" is a refernce to blind obedience of the first and second world wars... and the rest is history...