Joe Walsh – Rocky Mountain Way

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  General Comment:to me,i know this isn't the meaning but it's about gay butt sex.we don't need the ladies cryin' cuz the storie's sad...rocky mountain way is better than the way we had.he left his wife/gf for a dude.rocky mountain way meaning butt sex.

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  General Comment:I dunno for sure what the lyrics are about, but they apply nicely to our current situation here in WI; this state sucks and gov. Walker is at bat, missing every pitch. I'd rather be in Colorado

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  General Comment:
  He's telling a story...the lyrics are literal as well as figurative. He was inspired at Caribou Ranch above Boulder, Colorado (Nederland). For anyone who has ever been there, you know that it's a fact... you can't get much higher since the Continental Divide is in your face. Since he was finished with James Gang projects, he probably literally felt put out to pasture at the time. Lots of meadows around Ned, too.
  
  He's a songwriting genius. Love ya, Joe!!
  
  

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  General Comment:out to pasture think its safe to say time to open fire is a drug refrence. , dont need the ladies crying cuz the storys sad, the babyboomers wer jus goin to live life how they wanted, its our history folks

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  General Comment:The guitar is speaking its mocking the teachr from peanuts. Pokin fun out of the way the generations superiors allways in their ears tellin them what to do, joe walsh was the hippie eagle

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  General Comment:Ok yall this is a song about the government in the 60s. the hippies revolted by goin bak to nature and the old ways, allot of youth didnt want to live like society wanted "its bettr the way we have" walsh actually says the bases r loaded IN CASE HES AT BATT talking about politics n the president, "time to change the batter" talking about nixon being elected and he was a crook too "it doesnt matter. Thats why that gen lived the rocky mountain way .

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    Well finally this is the first close to the truth translation I've ever seen. It's clearly a draft dodger reference as many young people at the time found hiding wherever they could to avoid the draft including the Rocky mountains and Canada - "it's better than the way we had" is a refernce to blind obedience of the first and second world wars... and the rest is history...
    

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  General Comment:It's about Walsh leaving Cleveland, for Colorado and how much "better" it is there. yes, that is a quote.

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    Thank you for actually using your brain when typeing a response and not going with the usual idea of Joe Walsh getting high... on drugs.

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  General Comment:can't say that's true but this song is terribly funky

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  General Comment:Its about getting high and how getting high is much better than not getting high.

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  General Comment:Rocky Mountain Way...can't get much higher than that. I like to try though ;P

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