Re: women dating down
John Adams wrote:
I always find it hard to resist quoting Randy Newman, even though I realized recently that he’s not an ironist or a satirist, but really means and believes pretty much everything he says.
This is from “The World Isn’t Fair”: http://www.randynewman.com/tocdiscography/discbadlove/lyricsbadlove#theworldisntfair
If Marx were living today He’d be rolling around in his grave And if I had him here in my mansion on the hill I’d tell him a story t’would give his old heart a chill It’s something that happened to me
I’d say, Karl I recently stumbled Into a new family With two little children in school Where all little children should be I went to the orientation All the young mommies were there Karl, you never have seen such a glorious sight As these beautiful women arrayed for the night Just like countesses, empresses, movie stars and queens And they’d come there with men much like me Froggish men, unpleasant to see Were you to kiss one, Karl Nary a prince would there be
You make it sound like the meaning of this, um, text is transparent. It sounds pretty complicated and ambivalent to me. E.g., the conclusion:
Oh Karl the world isn’t fair It isn’t and never will be They tried out your plan It brought misery instead If you’d seen how they worked it You’d be glad you were dead Just like I’m glad I’m living in the land of the free Where the rich just get richer And the poor you don’t ever have to see It would depress us, Karl Because we care That the world still isn’t fair
Out of sight, but never quite out of mind.
Doug