Lyrics
I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi.
I find myself restrained by handcuffs attached to a fence in Mississippi.
My girlfriend blows a boozy good-bye kiss.
My girlfriend bids me a farewell with a kiss, possibly influenced by alcohol.
I see flying squirrels and nightmares of stigmata.
I experience visions of flying squirrels and nightmares related to stigmata.
Then awakening to find my Trans-Am gone.
I wake up to discover that my Trans-Am (car) has been stolen.
Still, I'm feeling pretty good about the future.
Despite the challenges, I maintain optimism about the future.
Yeah, everything is peaches but the cream.
Expressing contentment, using a metaphor ("peaches but the cream") to convey a positive outlook.
I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi,
I'm still physically restrained to a fence in Mississippi.
Where things is always better than they seem.
Suggesting that things in Mississippi are better than they appear.
Things is always better than they seem.
Reiterating the idea that things are better than they seem.
I see the guitar that my cousin played in prison,
I notice a guitar that belonged to my cousin during his time in prison.
Floating with the tv in the swimming pool.
Observing unusual scenes, like a guitar floating in a swimming pool along with a TV.
I'm calling for the owner of the motel,
I try to contact the motel owner.
Then noticing the bloodstain on the door.
Discovering a bloodstain on the door of the motel.
I'm reaching for the shoes under the bushes,
Searching for shoes beneath bushes and reacting to approaching sirens.
Just in time to hear the sirens sing.
Hearing sirens just as I retrieve the shoes.
I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi,
I remain physically restrained to a fence in Mississippi.
Where things is always better than they seem.
Emphasizing the theme that things in Mississippi are better than they seem.
Things is always better than they seem.
Reiterating the idea that things are better than they appear.
You know freedom's just a stupid superstition,
Challenging the notion of freedom as a mere superstition.
'cause life's a highway that you travel blind.
Metaphorically portraying life as a highway traveled blindly.
It's true that having fun's a terminal addiction.
Acknowledging the addictive nature of seeking pleasure and questioning the value of happiness as a state of mind.
What good is happiness, when it's just a state of mind?
Suggesting that true happiness is elusive.
For in the prison of perpetual emotion,
Describing the emotional prison we are trapped in.
We're all shackled to the millstone of our dreams.
Expressing that we are all burdened by the weight of our dreams.
Me, I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi,
Revealing that I am physically restrained to a fence in Mississippi.
Where things is always better than they seem.
Reiterating the idea that things in Mississippi are better than they seem.
Things are always better than they seem.
Emphasizing the theme that things are better than they appear.
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