I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came knocking.
Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.
I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was receiving. It was only about ten years ago, when I finally put it back in my show because so many people were asking for it, that I understood 'Society's Child' real impact.
I learned the truth at seventeen, That love was meant for beauty queens, And high school girls with clear skinned smiles, Who married young and then retired.
When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social end of things which hinges on the political, but it isn't really part of it.
I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.
