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Sunset Grill Lyrics
Let's go down to the Sunset Grill
We can watch the working girls go by Watch the "basket people" walk around and mumble And stare out at the auburn sky There's an old man there from the Old World To him, it's all the same Calls all his customers by name Down at the Sunset Grill Down at the Sunset Grill Down at the Sunset Grill Down at the Sunset Grill You see a lot more meanness in the city It's the kind that ears you up inside Hard to come away with anything that feels like dignity Hard to get home with any pride These days a man makes you somethin' And you never see his face But there is no hiding place Down at the Sunset Grill Down at the Sunset Grill Down at the Sunset Grill Down at the Sunset Grill Respectable little murders pay They get more respectable every day Don't worry girl, I'm gonna stick by you And someday soon we're gonna get in that car and get outta here Let's go down to the Sunset Grill Watch the working girls go by Watch the "basket people" walk around and mumble And gaze out at the auburn sky Maybe we'll leave come springtime Meanwhile, have another beer What would we do without these jerks anyway? Besides, all our friends are here Down at the Sunset Grill Down at the Sunset Grill Down at the Sunset Grill Down at the Sunset Grill
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08-22-2002
i actually believe that the "sunset grill" is a bar. the "working girls" are the girls who walk the street corners, and the "basket people" are the crazy drunks and druggies outside the bar. the "old man that's from the old world" is an older man - the bartender - who's "been there, done that", seen the world, and all he does is sit in the bar and tell stories about the war, or how life used to be and such.
in the second verse, he's talking about why people turn to drinking and running away to a bar as a safe haven, because this is why the world is so harsh.
the third verse refers to people who claim killing in the name of god, or because of this-and-that -- people who make excuses for things that are obviously unexcusable. he promises his girl that one day they'll move out of the city, and meanwhile, he'll stick by her side, and in the meantime, let's go have a drink. he keeps saying he might leave ["maybe we'll leave come springtime"], but it's so vague that it's obvious that he's built up such a comraderie and built their lives upon the chaos in the city that it'll be hard to leave. ["what would we do without all these jerks anyway?/ besides, all our friends are here."]
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04-18-2003
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11-10-2004
regarding the third verse, i think he's telling her that one day they "get in this car and get out of here"... but he also realizes that that this sunset grill is their safe haven, so there's no point in leaving just yet.
the line "there is no hiding place" is kinda ironic, because it's obvious that they've found their hiding place at the sunset grill.
"what would we do without all these jerks anyway? besides, all our friends are here" is not a negative statement, but a joking around kinda thing... like people say, regarding a place they love that there's all these jerks here, all these *ssholes, but he knows they're all buddies.
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10-01-2005
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02-03-2006
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05-02-2006
People go to these bars to hide from the pressures of life, especially in the city. But there actually is no hiding place. You can't escape your problems, you just postpone them for a while.
Don't understand the bridge of this song about the respectable murders. Oh, well, I can't know everything:)
Finally, a reprise, slightly modified, to give the idea that people know the clubbing is an empty and artificial way to "escape", but make excuses to not have to worry about it too much.
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07-27-2006
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04-21-2009
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05-13-2009
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07-15-2009
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