# "Drvin' & Cryin" lyric interpretation help?

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**Created:** [November 20, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drvin-cryin-lyric-interpretation-help/802191 "2017-11-20T14:46:10Z")\
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[Subject](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I7rm0DPJc) (youtube link to the song in question)

I’m pretty good about working this sort of problem out on my own, and I often enjoy the challenge (Siouxsie & the Banshees _Rhapsody_ took me a while but was worth the effort). But this song makes my melon hurt. Specifically:

> [@Drivin' & Cryin'](#):
>
> For I’m singin’ a song of nineteen men  
> Twelve men in robes that you gotta defend  
> Singin’ a song of nineteen friends  
> Who took me around the block again

I’m stumped. The vibe I get from the rest of song feels to me like the singer is addressing a royal screwing he got from someone, maybe a music producer, but what little I know of the band’s history is devoid of such hassles. But I also get the feeling the key is in the chorus, and I’m not getting it.