Michael Paz wrote:
> It's funny that this is one of the songs that I chose to talk to Joni
> We talked for awhile and I
> asked
> how the moon
> and the street lamp bit came up.
> She also mentioned that the parking lot there is on an
> incline so when she squated behind the car, the pee ran downhill so to speak.
Well there it is, straight from the horse's ...um...mouth...
I like this explanation better than my own mental image of her
peeing her way across the parking lot!
My take on this song is that, apart from the setup at the
beginning:
"There was a moon and a street lamp
I didn't know I drank such a lot
Till I pissed a tequila anaconda
The full length of the parking lot!"
the rest of the song is a direct (one way) conversation
she is having with "Mr. Mystery".
The rhythm of the acoustic guitar and Jaco's amazing
bass playing, the general starkness of the production
blow me away every time.
Thanks for the illumination, Paz..
RR
