3. “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” (This song refernces the Tom Robbins novel from 1976, a book associated with the hippie counterculture)
I haven’t seen Sandy, Angry Johnny, or Mary
I heard they got married
Might ‘ah had a couple babies
And traded their memories
For fairview and acres
And never play no pinball
Or get out past the breakers
But not me, pretty baby,
I still love Tom Petty songs
And driving old men crazy
And all while little Eden is waiting
So you sing me slow songs
And I’ll drive you crazy
Tonight
Yeah
But all I want is you to be alright and satisfied
Brothers and sisters know that anytime or late at night
If you call I will answer, I’m open ears though tired eyes
The world closed it’s arms on us now
Can I get a witness pretty baby!
I still love Tom Petty songs
And all while little Eden is waiting
So you sing me slow songs
And I’ll drive you crazy
Tonight
Alright, alright
Alright, alright
All night, all night!
There’s a party tonight, say it’s alright
Tell your poppa you’ll be home when the good feeling dies
But not me, pretty baby
I still love Tom Petty songs
And driving old men crazy
And all while little Eden is waiting
So you sing me a slow song darlin’
I’ll drive you crazy
Tonight
Alright, alright
Alright, alright
Sing it! Hey!
All night, tonight
And I’ll drive you crazy
Tonight
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From start to finish, this song is Brian Fallon gold. My take is that Sandy, Johny, and Mary are references to the characters in Bruce’s famous songs/stories. They’ve all grown up, gave up on the good times, for a settled down life. But not Fallon, he still “love(s) Tom Petty songs and driving old men crazy”. So cool.
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4. “ Miles Davis & the Cool” (Fallon often refers to Miles and “the Cool”)
Like Miles Davis, I’ve been swayed by the cool.
There’s just something about the summertime.
There’s just something about the moon.
So I’ll lay a kiss on this stone, toss it upside your window, by the roof.
Before you change your mind, Miles, bring in the cool.
Now honey, put on your red dress.
And you diamond soul shoes.
Climb on down from that window.
Climb on out of your room.
Cause I’ve never had a good thing and I’ve always had the blues.
I always heard that you always kind of wandered, Miles, strike up the Cool.
Don’t wait too long to come home.
My have the years of our youth passed on.
Don’t wait too long to come home.
I’ll leave the front light on.
The night is our own, come home.
Poor mister pitiful, I can’t turn you loose.
You move like a dream I had, woke up sweating in my room.
Your Mama’s got plans, your daddy’s aim is true.
She never understood that it ain’t no good.
Papa never heard the cool.
So now I got out my map and found me a storm.
With a flick of the wrist and the turn of the key.
You’ll just fall in my arms.
Don’t wait too long to come home.
My have the years of our youth passed on.
Don’t wait too long to come home.
I’ll leave the front light on.
The night is our own.
You don’t wait too long.
So why don’t you sing to me on this long drive home?
Let the sound of your voice sway sweet and slow.
As we go down, down, down.
From our youth to the ground.
We might always be blue.
Jackson!
So don’t wait too long to come home.
My have the years of our youth passed on.
Don’t wait too long to come home.
I will leave the front light.
[2x]
As we go down, down, down.
From our youth to the ground.
Down, down, down, down, down.
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Fallon uses the term “the cool” like no one else before, to him it’s one of the nouns that just describes itself. If “Your Mama’s got plans, your daddy’s aim is true. She never understood that it ain’t no good. Papa never heard the cool.” doesn’t bring up the same emotions of THE verse in Rosallita, or if you don’t know the verse I’m talking about in Rosalitta, head straight over to ITunes and pick it up, you’re welcome.
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