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I'm right on target, my aim is straight
So you're in love, I say what of it?
Things can change, there's always changes
I want to try some rearranging, I say
Drop the pilot, try my balloon
Drop the monkey, smell my perfume
Drop the mahout, I'm the easy rider
Don't use your army to fight a losing battle
Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual
I'm the one you need, I'm the one you need
You're kissing cousins, there's no smoke, no flame
If you lose that pilot I can fly your plane
If you want solid ground, come on and try me
Oh I can take you so high that you're never gonna want to come down, I say
Drop the pilot, try my balloon
Drop the monkey, smell my perfume
Drop the mahout, I'm the easy rider
Don't use your army to fight a losing battle
Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual
I'm the one you need, I'm the one you need
I said animal, mineral, physical, spiritual
I'm the one you need, I'm the one you need
I'm the one you need
Drop the pilot, try my balloon
Drop the monkey, smell my perfume
Drop the mahout, I'm an easy rider
Don't use your army to fight a losing battle
Drop the pilot, try my balloon
Drop the monkey, smell my perfume
Drop the mahout, I'm the easy rider
Don't use your army to fight a losing battle
Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual
I'm the one you need, I'm the one you need
I say drop the pilot
Drop the monkey
Drop the mahout
Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual
I'm the one you need, I'm the one you need
I'm the one you need
Drop the pilot
Drop the pilot
Drop the pilot
So you're in love, I say what of it?
Things can change, there's always changes
I want to try some rearranging, I say
Drop the pilot, try my balloon
Drop the monkey, smell my perfume
Drop the mahout, I'm the easy rider
Don't use your army to fight a losing battle
Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual
I'm the one you need, I'm the one you need
You're kissing cousins, there's no smoke, no flame
If you lose that pilot I can fly your plane
If you want solid ground, come on and try me
Oh I can take you so high that you're never gonna want to come down, I say
Drop the pilot, try my balloon
Drop the monkey, smell my perfume
Drop the mahout, I'm the easy rider
Don't use your army to fight a losing battle
Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual
I'm the one you need, I'm the one you need
I said animal, mineral, physical, spiritual
I'm the one you need, I'm the one you need
I'm the one you need
Drop the pilot, try my balloon
Drop the monkey, smell my perfume
Drop the mahout, I'm an easy rider
Don't use your army to fight a losing battle
Drop the pilot, try my balloon
Drop the monkey, smell my perfume
Drop the mahout, I'm the easy rider
Don't use your army to fight a losing battle
Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual
I'm the one you need, I'm the one you need
I say drop the pilot
Drop the monkey
Drop the mahout
Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual
I'm the one you need, I'm the one you need
I'm the one you need
Drop the pilot
Drop the pilot
Drop the pilot
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It might be about lesbianism however that cannot be confirmed in this small viewpoint window that we see of the song.
In my opinion i think the song relates to one person trying to convince the other person into starting a relationship with them, however the other person is already in a relationship. So she tries to explain the dead end relationship by comparing it to "kissing cousins, no smoke, no flame". Drop the pilot / monkey / mahout all revers to that same person where she tries to convince them that she would be the better choice. "im the one you need" to put it as simple as possible.
Basically, asking, pleading or trying to convince that she is the better choice.
Thehsabs, you could do some reading on why using "abolutes" in discussion is often frowned upon. Perhaps you could have said "In my opinion" rather than telling the world that you know exactly what this is about.
It is a story about her trying to turn a straight woman gay (probably for the first time) hence "I'm right on target My aim is STRAIGHT"
Her object of desire is "In love", from then on she is trying to persuade the woman to start a gay relationship with her. She then confirms her lesbian contempt of men referring to them as monkeys.
balloons could be a reference to breasts,
i had to look for the definition of mahout and wikipedia recognizes it as an elephant rider... in my quick opinion mahout is one and the same with pilot, maybe she was trying to be derogatory once more to males without resorting to name-calling as with "monkey", where 'pilot' doesn't automatically bring up any negative connotations mahout certainly does, and i think the overall implications are that of the male being the master of the woman, riding her, piloting her, controlling her and bending her to his will. the "kissing cousins" line is simple to decipher as it is explained in the following lyrics "theres no smoke no flame" she is advising the woman that she is in a passionless relationship.
finally i believe that the line " don't use your army to fight a losing battle" is referring to the woman using the excuse that she is heterosexual for not wanting a relationship with joan as irrelevant and if it is a losing battle i think this strongly implies that there is some connection, maybe they shared a moment or had an affair.
However, when she says "Try my balloon," that makes me think of a "trial balloon," I don't think it's so obvious a reference as breasts... it just means "Try me." and fits in with the overall aeronautic theme.
Im not sure about this, it's just an interpretation and Im looking forward to what others have to say about this truly great song.
It could be a metaphor, or it could be as straight forward as it sounds.
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"Don't use your army
To fight a losing battle"
Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual (The riches of Africa)
Well let me just say this song is obviously about her trying to court a married woman.