Escape is the song about cheaters deserving each other
Btw, the way…
They never found Hattie
Never found the shack
Never made a trip back in
“Don’t come lookin’ again!”
What’s confusing about it? It’s about a southerner at the end of the Civil war. The verses are quite clear, and the chorus is probably referring to the celebrations by the Northern soldiers when Lee surrendered.
That must be the one I was remembering.
Mama wasn’t a silly character on the Carol Burnett Show. She was iconic. A mother nightmares are made of, and very believable.
They toned Mama’s character down for the spinoff. Then it got tiresome.
To this day, I have no idea why the police are chasing C. W. McCall’s convoy.
They’re speeding, they evaded the weigh stations, and they drove through toll barriers without paying (of course, the chase started before most of that happened, but I assume the speeding was the initial problem).
I guess it helped that I had taken a full semester course in Southern Gothic literature in college, so I was completely prepared for those songs when they came out. Once you’ve read Carson McCullers, Flannery O’Connor, Truman Capote, AND William Faulkner non-stop, written at least one paper one each of them and had them all in the final exam, TNTLWOIGeorgia is about as dense as Grand Funk Railroad’s “We’re an American Band.”
Per this article Convoy (song) - Wikipedia they’re also breaking the laws about sleep breaks for truckers (I may have misinterpreted the bit about the weigh stations).
But, why was little Bessie a drunkards dream if he ever did see one?
I mean, I get why he went up on Cripple creek. But, isn’t a drunkards dream more whiskey?
Corrected link Convoy (song) - Wikipedia
He’s not confused by it, he doesn’t know what it’s about because he never listened to the lyrics. Evidently he’s just not interested in knowing what it’s about.
I’m not sure why that’s the fault of the song. The lyrics are perfectly clear on the recordings, and make sense if you listen to them.
And who dips donuts in tea, anyway?
Pretty sure I remember DC doing stories of Angie Baby AND In the Year 2525 without crediting the songs.
And in Chest Fever, why was the girl down in the dunes, dealing with the goons? Why did the Swede think she was stoned, and why did the mooncalf agree?:dubious:
The Band certainly took a leaf from Dylan in inscrutable lyrics at times. But The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down was perfectly scrutable.
I have a sister named Dixie. She really hated those songs. When she turned 50 her SO gave her a surprise b-day party. He had downloaded every song known with Dixie in the lyric, and it was playing at the party. She dumped him soon after.
I dunno, it says a drink. A quick one to unwind after driving all day hardly makes him an asshole.
Thanks for the earworm, BTW.
New songs too:
“Can’t keep my hands to myself
Think I’ll dust 'em off, out 'em back up on the shelf.”
Dusting off is what you do when you take it down from the shelf, not putting them back up. Maybe I’m missing something…