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It wasn't me, I wasn't there
I was just watching from over here
And besides, I couldn't afford the bus fare
In hollywood and washington
They shake and smile through the harm they've done
But it's your little red wagon
And you gotta pull it
It'll take a lifetime to clear your name
Under the bridges of fame it's always nighttime
it wasn't me, I wasn't there
I was stone drunk, it isn't clear
And it doesn't count 'cause I don't care
The years transform my memories
Of all the countless decades of grief
It was cut and run in '91
Put yourselves in a straightjacket
But when you're pleading
Saying it's no cheaper than humiliation
That's free
I've gone and quit my worshipping
Of the false gods and golden sins
'cause we made love in the tower of babel
And it fell down
It wasn't me, I wasn't there
That was not my love affair
That is not my lover, that's not even my friend
It wasn't me, I wasn't there
I was stone drunk, it isn't clear
And it doesn't count, 'cause I don't care
but I use a pop song to clear my name
Under the bridges of fame it's always nighttime
I'll end with a closer and say goodnight
Lyrics submitted by y plus white girl
Track duration: 04:11
"It Wasn't Me" as written by Kandi L/harper Burruss
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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The line is a direct reference to the Toys 'R' Us commercials Jenny starred in as a child. In the most famous one she had to pull a little red wagon behind her, and when she asked the director why he said "Because it's your little red wagon and you gotta pull it."
Sometimes a rose is just a rose, kids...
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i think you are most deffinately right, it is greed not grief... i think we can all tell from jennys lyrics, her mother was quite a character (rabbit fur coat, a better son/daughter, and others) i would imagine she was greedy when jenny began to make money... but this song is also talking about the music business, which i can imagine, generates some very greedy people...
peace~
you would be in response to calendargirl as i did not comment on the red wagon :p thanks~
The red wagon symbolizes each person's individual life, not a literal red wagon toy that we pestered our mom to play with as a child. Jenny's feelings of cynicism and helplessness about Hollywood and Washington's destruction of society are sources of despair for her. However, despite Washington and Hollywood's assault on the fabrics of our society, she insists that you have to keep pulling your little red wagon along and live your life.
Unfortunately, it's difficult for me to decrypt a single, solid theme that this song is about, so maybe my interpretation of the wagon isn't entirely correct either.
I love the red-wagon metaphor, along with her delivery of the line. It's exemplary of her lyrical style. Its simplicity, yet profoundness, is reminiscent to some of the best songwriters of the rock era IMO (think mccartney, lennon, etc)
anyway, i may be wrong but in "The years transform my memories, Of all the countless decades of grief" -- I seem to hear greed instead. There seems to be a hard D sound rather than an F sound. That would also make sense now that roxyjl's cleared that up. Anyone else?