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I was driving up from Tampa
When the radiator burst
I was three sheets to the wind
A civilian saw me first
And then there was the cop
And then the children standing on the corner
Your love is like a cyclone in a swamp
And the weather's getting warmer
I was getting out of jail
Heading to the Greyhound
You said you'd hop on one yourself
And meet me on the way down
I was shaking way too hard to think
Dead on my feet about to drop
Went and got the case of vodka from a car
And walked the two miles to the bus stop
Got on the bus half drunk again
The driver glared at me
Met up with you in Inglis
Thumbed a ride to Cedar Key
If we never make it back to California
I want you to know I love you
But my love is like a dark cloud full of rain
That's always right there up above you
Hey!
When the radiator burst
I was three sheets to the wind
A civilian saw me first
And then there was the cop
And then the children standing on the corner
Your love is like a cyclone in a swamp
And the weather's getting warmer
I was getting out of jail
Heading to the Greyhound
You said you'd hop on one yourself
And meet me on the way down
I was shaking way too hard to think
Dead on my feet about to drop
Went and got the case of vodka from a car
And walked the two miles to the bus stop
Got on the bus half drunk again
The driver glared at me
Met up with you in Inglis
Thumbed a ride to Cedar Key
If we never make it back to California
I want you to know I love you
But my love is like a dark cloud full of rain
That's always right there up above you
Hey!
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
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RedLeaf just now
Rated 0 "drunk-ass white, middle-class male punk of North Central Florida" Having lived in Tallahassee my entire life (22 years) I can honestly say I've not noticed any particular amount of these types being more prevelant here than in any other places. I think Tallahassee was written with the area in mind from when John lived in town (mid to late 90s i think)
Living on Southwood plantation Road...Inglis and Cedar key: all places off HWY 27. Also in 'Alpha Rats' the allusion to the refinery at St. Marks (which had an old fire engine parked at its decrepit front gate for years back in the 90s) makes me think they know something about the area or have kinfolk connections cause only locals or people with a connection to the area would take HWY 27 (or the female half "coming down here, and you-")
HWY 27 however IS seeing America Right. (also pretty right wing) Shitty po-dunk meth/alcohol ridden towns. Turpentiners back in the early 20s century destroyed the natural landscape. Just ugly ugly nothingness out there. All of these places mentioned are junked-out, forgotten places. Youll notice 27 has lots of abandoned motels from before I-10 was built in the 70s-70s. Modernity destroyed these towns. No one wants to live there. Youd have to be an alcoholic to consider spending any time in them (probably because you are stuck)
I think the Alpha couple moved to Tallahassee because the female half needed to escape whatever bad shit was going on back in Cali. To cool down, to revert to a place of childhood. But I think she came back to it being awful. Assuming this is the 90s it definately went downhill from when she was a kid in th 70s.