Up in Smoke

What were we smoking?

The other day I heard this song on Deep Tracks, one of the many channels on XM satellite radio. I never really paid all that much attention to the lyrics. I found myself singing along and realized this song makes no sense at all.


Ain’t it foggy outside
All the planes have been grounded (ok, with you so far)
Ain’t the fire inside?
Let’s all go stand around it.. (Wait, what fire are we talking here?)
Funny, I’ve been there
And you’ve been here
And we ain’t had no time to drink that beer
’cause I understand you’ve been running from the man
That goes by the name of the sandman
He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye
Of a hurricane that’s abandoned deep, very deep

Ain’t the years gone by fast
I suppose you have missed them
Oh, I almost forgot to ask
Did you hear of my enlistment? (What the f*#*?)

Funny, I’ve been there
And you’ve been here
And we ain’t had no time to drink that beer (Smokey beer?)

’cause I understand you’ve been running from the man
That goes by the name of the sandman
He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye
Of a hurricane that’s abandoned (ADA)

I understand you’ve been running from the man
That goes by the name of the sandman
He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye
Of a hurricane that’s abandoned (yawn)

I understand you’ve been running from the man
That goes by the name of the sandman
He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye
Of a hurricane that’s abandoned (Write another verse already)

I understand you’ve been running from the man
That goes by the name of the sandman
He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye
Of a hurricane that’s abandoned (99 bottles of beer on the wall)

Next week we study “A Horse With no Name” also known as the mushroom contribution to top 40.