Pink Shack Blues
Pink Shack Chronicles: A Tale of Neon Dreams and Tequila Kisses
Lyrics
There's a colour TV in the pink shack
Reference to a color TV in a deteriorating pink shack.
But the paint's peelin' off the walls
Describing the poor condition of the shack's paint.
Take a sneaky photo by the pink shack
Suggesting taking a discreet photo near the pink shack.
In a pair of muddy overalls
Describing the narrator in dirty overalls.
Pay a ragged dollar for my snapshot mister
Paying a modest amount for a photo.
Put a big grin on my face
Expressing joy with a big grin in the photo.
Call "Hey, Sonny!" from your door, Chiquita
Calling someone named Sonny from a door.
If the colour isn't to your taste
Inviting feedback on the color of the TV.
She's callin' out to me
Someone calling out to the narrator.
Now she's bawlin' out to me
Intensifying the call towards the narrator.
And she's singin' right out of key
Mentioning off-key singing.
"Oh, lover man where can you be?"
Quoting a plea for the lover's whereabouts.
Lost little orphans on the roadside
Depicting lost orphans at a location.
On the steps of the Roach Motel
Referring to a place called the Roach Motel.
Little faces flicker in the go-go neon
Children with something to sell in neon lights.
Seems they've got something to sell
Highlighting the intention to take a photo for money.
Take my photograph for a dollar mister
Offering to take a photo for a dollar.
Up against the pink shack wall
Positioning against the pink shack wall.
Call "Hey, Sonny!" from your door Chiquita
Repeating the call from someone named Chiquita.
Throw tequila kisses to us all
Throwing tequila kisses to everyone.
She's callin' out to me
Someone calling out to the narrator.
And it's only half past three
Noting the time as only half past three.
She's callin' out to me
Repeated call to the narrator.
"Lover man where can you be?"
Repeating the lover's plea.
She's callin' out to me
Another call to the narrator.
Now she's bawlin' out to me
Intensifying the call towards the narrator.
And she's singin' right out of key
Mentioning off-key singing again.
"Oh, lover man where can you be?"
Repeating the lover's plea.
There's room enough for two in the pink shack
Describing space for two in the pink shack.
With a black rat on my knee
With a black rat on the narrator's knee.
Backroom tequila in the bathroom
Mentioning tequila in the bathroom.
And a soapbox colour TV
Having a soapbox color TV in the room.
Cockroaches crawlin' round the pink shack
Noting the presence of cockroaches around.
But please don't crawl on me
Requesting not to crawl on the narrator.
Five in a bed in the pink shack
Describing a crowded bed in the pink shack.
But there's really only room for three
Noting limited space for three people.
She's callin' out to me
Someone calling out to the narrator.
And it's only half past three
Noting the time as only half past three.
And she's singin' right out of key
Mentioning off-key singing again.
"Oh, lover man where can you be?"
Repeating the lover's plea.
She's calling out to me
Another call to the narrator.
And she's bawling out to me
Intensifying the call towards the narrator.
And she's singing right out of key
Mentioning off-key singing again.
"Oh, lover man where can you be"
Repeating the lover's plea.
"Oh, lover man where can you be"
Final repetition of the lover's plea.
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