It actually seems like a more obvious meaning than most CYHSY lyrics. I think it's a song about Alec's personal experience of moving to the south and having hard time. In Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth there's the lyrics "far far away from West Virginia, I will try for New York City" I like to think West Virginia kinda plagued the guy
This sounds the most likely. I've lived in Texas my whole life and haven't seen this sentiment here personally, but when my father first moved here, he heard, "Yankee, go home," as soon as his accent showed (he was born in '51).
This sounds the most likely. I've lived in Texas my whole life and haven't seen this sentiment here personally, but when my father first moved here, he heard, "Yankee, go home," as soon as his accent showed (he was born in '51).
In America, only Northerners are Yankees. The rest of the world doesn't seem to understand that, so it could work on both levels. However, by talking about Honolulu and North Carolina, tar and feather, dry land, and high gas prices, he seems to be talking primarily about the US, specifically the South.
In America, only Northerners are Yankees. The rest of the world doesn't seem to understand that, so it could work on both levels. However, by talking about Honolulu and North Carolina, tar and feather, dry land, and high gas prices, he seems to be talking primarily about the US, specifically the South.
It actually seems like a more obvious meaning than most CYHSY lyrics. I think it's a song about Alec's personal experience of moving to the south and having hard time. In Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth there's the lyrics "far far away from West Virginia, I will try for New York City" I like to think West Virginia kinda plagued the guy
This sounds the most likely. I've lived in Texas my whole life and haven't seen this sentiment here personally, but when my father first moved here, he heard, "Yankee, go home," as soon as his accent showed (he was born in '51).
This sounds the most likely. I've lived in Texas my whole life and haven't seen this sentiment here personally, but when my father first moved here, he heard, "Yankee, go home," as soon as his accent showed (he was born in '51).
In America, only Northerners are Yankees. The rest of the world doesn't seem to understand that, so it could work on both levels. However, by talking about Honolulu and North Carolina, tar and feather, dry land, and high gas prices, he seems to be talking primarily about the US, specifically the South.
In America, only Northerners are Yankees. The rest of the world doesn't seem to understand that, so it could work on both levels. However, by talking about Honolulu and North Carolina, tar and feather, dry land, and high gas prices, he seems to be talking primarily about the US, specifically the South.