Or am I misunderstanding the lyrics? Li’l help? :dubious:
LOL! It’s “I’m standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me.”
But I like your version better.
Because Dan Fogerty had told her there’s a bathroom on the right.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! :smack:
Now excuse me while I kiss this guy,
3 of 4 web sites surveyed had this as “with my pains behind me”. Can we get a ruling?
I always thought it was “with my past behind me”, which seemed to make sense to me.
I wonder if she had brass in one of the pockets of those pants behind her.
Nah, she was just waiting for one of those tattooed love boys to catch up.
I love Chrissie Hyndes and the Pretenders. LOVE! I think my favorite song is “Talk of the Town”, an eloquent story of unrequited love. The video for “Brass in Pocket” was simply perfect with Chrissie as a waitress at a diner who may look tough but really all she wants is to be is special.
IMHO, Chrissie Hynde is the hottest woman in rock & roll ever.
I thought that was just in Ohio.
Way to go, Ohio.
And why is it that she doesn’t need a “hamstack nursery”? Doesn’t everyone need at least one?
I always interpreted it thus:
“In the middle of the road just trying to find me
I’m standing in the middle of life with my parents behind me”
In short, she’s just on her own with no commitments, no plans, no outlook…a young kid just out of school and in her own place and ready to meet what comes.
A far cry from where she ends up. But that’s true for us all.
Watching the clothes?
This site lists it as “plans”. I don’t think the narrator has her whole life ahead of her, or faces unlimited possibilities or choices:
“I’M GOING HOME, I’M TIRED AS HELL
I’M NOT THE CAT I USED TO BE
I GOT A KID, I’M THIRTY-THREE”
(see the last stanza).
The lyrics raise another question, though: what was that bit about “dragging my bay” supposed to be about? Does she have a horse in a trailer?
Imho, it’s “dragging my day”. Just checked a lyrics website which says “bay”, but “day” makes more sense.
But Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young keep forgetting Ohio. Well, that’s what I heard.
Dang, I was hoping there was going to be a picture.
Yeah, I thought this was going to be about an album cover.
I think it’s a NIMBY reference. You drag (or dredge) a bay to deepen it. It leaves a lot of waste that has to be dumped on shore somewhere and stirs up long-buried waste, etc.
As long as you don’t try dragging my bay or dropping the bomb on my street. IOW, not in my back yard.