Spinning Like a Top
Spinning Like a Top: Tales of Mischief and Moonlit Escapes
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When I was a rover, met a four leaf clover
Reflecting on a past time when the speaker was wandering, found luck, and met someone Irish.
She was irish as the day was long
Describing the woman as distinctly Irish in heritage.
I thought she'd give it to me maybe
Expecting a favor or gesture from the woman, possibly romantically.
Now she's married with a baby
The woman is now married with a child, suggesting a missed opportunity or change in circumstances.
I've been dodging bullets all along
Expressing a sense of narrowly avoiding problems or danger.
Man, we would creep but never lost no sleep
Recalling secretive activities with no negative consequences.
I would cut cat nip into the weed
Mixing catnip with marijuana, possibly for enhanced effects.
Nobody was the wiser but they could have been
No one noticed the deception, but there was a potential for exposure.
Higher and it meant more money for me
Engaging in risky behavior for financial gain.
Here's to not getting caught, doctor it's only a graze
Toasting to avoiding trouble, downplaying a potential injury.
Spinning like a top, running like a villain and the years are going by like days
Feeling disoriented or out of control, with time passing quickly.
School bus, I got on it, I was nearly catatonic
Describing a state of extreme exhaustion or stupor on a school bus.
I couldn't speak a goddamn word homeroom class
Being unable to communicate during a class.
Forge a hall pass and we would get higher than the birds
Faking a pass to skip class and getting high.
My foolish nature, the chase for the paper, I would deal in the broad daylight
Engaging in illegal activities openly, driven by a desire for money.
18 years old, head full of psilocybin and howling at the moon all night
Being 18, experimenting with psilocybin, and embracing a carefree lifestyle.
Here's to not getting caught, doctor it's only a graze
Reiterating the theme of avoiding consequences and minimizing risks.
Spinning like a top, running like a villain and the years are going by like days
Continuing the metaphor of feeling out of control and time passing quickly.
Small town shadows, clean out of sight
Describing a concealed existence in a small town.
Nothing to fear but the coming of that morning light
Fearing only the arrival of daylight, suggesting a nocturnal lifestyle.
Ducking and dodging and diving for that rent
Avoiding responsibilities and finding ways to make ends meet.
If it couldn't be broken, it could be bent
Adapting to challenges, implying resilience in difficult situations.
Washing dishes, stealing kisses, making our deals on the side
Engaging in various activities, both mundane and illicit, to survive.
She said are you ready honey, we got gas money, going on a real long ride
Preparing for a journey with a partner, emphasizing the allure of escape.
Lying like a rug, prescription drugs, old guitars, new girlfriends
Listing elements of a chaotic and unconventional lifestyle.
Everybody shunned me, I just thought that it was funny and I'd do it all over again
Facing social ostracism with humor and a willingness to repeat past choices.
Here's to not getting caught, doctor it's only a graze
Repeating the toast to avoiding trouble and downplaying risks.
Spinning like a top, running like a villain and the years are going by like days
Echoing the feeling of being out of control and time slipping away rapidly.
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