I'd not heard of Jack Kerouac when I fell in love with this song but it must have been inspired by his book 'On the Road' describing his journey across America. His name works so well in the lyrical style and metre of the song.
The Oglala Lakota are a sub-tribe of the Sioux Nation. Its beautiful how Antje poignantly describes the tension between a proud heritage and the modern day reality symbolised by the juxtaposed peyote pipe and can of Miller Lite on her dashboard.
I'd not heard of Jack Kerouac when I fell in love with this song but it must have been inspired by his book 'On the Road' describing his journey across America. His name works so well in the lyrical style and metre of the song.
The Oglala Lakota are a sub-tribe of the Sioux Nation. Its beautiful how Antje poignantly describes the tension between a proud heritage and the modern day reality symbolised by the juxtaposed peyote pipe and can of Miller Lite on her dashboard.