This is not a difficult song to interpret. I was this girl. 'A brown eyed girl in hand me downs whose name I never could prounce'. I was poor, not very popular, extremely shy. But unlike Janis who says she was short with curly brown hair, while other girls were tall with long blonde hair, I was way too tall for my age and towered over boys. I had an Eastern European maiden name that no one could say correctly. This was well written. I love her voice and the lyrics. The first time I heard it, I cried, because it was too close to home.
This is not a difficult song to interpret. I was this girl. 'A brown eyed girl in hand me downs whose name I never could prounce'. I was poor, not very popular, extremely shy. But unlike Janis who says she was short with curly brown hair, while other girls were tall with long blonde hair, I was way too tall for my age and towered over boys. I had an Eastern European maiden name that no one could say correctly. This was well written. I love her voice and the lyrics. The first time I heard it, I cried, because it was too close to home.
It still makes me cry.
It still makes me cry.