Lyric discussion by emma111694 

Question - what does "Patient in the bushes next to '57" mean. maybe there is a prominent hospital or psychiatric hospital or something named '57" or at a number 57. Anyone know? Maybe the 57 bus line ? I'm guessing the "spirit of 1956" is talking about the age of the car driven. song written in 72 by a young person. very common for a young person to have a 15 or 16 or 20 year old car, back then anyway. (not expensive).

@emma111694 the spirit of 1956 is waiting patiently in the bushes next to the spirit of 1957, whatever that means. I guess it's about the march of time.

@emma111694 I just noticed that lyric always has an apostrophe, and knew it wasn't a year. Being a map nerd and visiting my Newton grandparents in the 70's, I remembered the exit for Great Plain Ave in Needham where Johnathan grew up used to 57.

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