I'm with wahwah, from the lyrics, (they looked for two entire songs - what's that 6-7 minutes?) to the way she says "they are only pearls" and the obvious over indulgence on drink; it just sounds like she's not all that interested in the lost pearls.
Which smacks of the story of older men hitting on Becky perhaps being an embellishment too.
Which to me makes it a brilliant song about the difference in values between generations. Mother obviously greatly values the pearls, the kids, not so much
I'm with wahwah, from the lyrics, (they looked for two entire songs - what's that 6-7 minutes?) to the way she says "they are only pearls" and the obvious over indulgence on drink; it just sounds like she's not all that interested in the lost pearls. Which smacks of the story of older men hitting on Becky perhaps being an embellishment too.
Which to me makes it a brilliant song about the difference in values between generations. Mother obviously greatly values the pearls, the kids, not so much