Big Huge Valley
Journey through a Changing Landscape
Lyrics
Well the big huge valley is a ribbon of light
Describing the big valley as a bright, illuminated area.
The aqueducts are snakes tonight
Comparing aqueducts to snakes, possibly symbolizing complexity or danger.
The stars are homesteaders, staking claims
Imagining stars as settlers claiming territory in the sky.
My head is hopping with historical names
Expressing a mental flurry of historical names in the speaker's mind.
Transfer trucks are buffalo's
Describing transfer trucks as buffalo, depicting their impact on the road.
Chewing up this desert road
Highlighting the destructive nature of trucks on the desert road.
Yes and I am nothing especially
Expressing the speaker's sense of insignificance.
Just an uptight man on a useless journey
Acknowledging the speaker's tense state during a purposeless journey.
And the oil is pumping up out of the dirt
Referring to oil extraction from the ground.
Those virile dinosaurs continue to squirt
Symbolizing the persistence of powerful forces through dinosaurs and oil.
And the mountains lay like croaker sacks
Describing mountains as slack, possibly portraying their relaxed appearance.
The global forces sculpt with tectonic panache
Suggesting global forces shape the world with artistic flair.
And the crop duster flies through those blackish skies
Depicting a crop duster flying through dark skies, not constrained by time.
She ain't on the clock
Describing the crop duster as not bound by a schedule.
She's banking in and pulling out
Depicting the crop duster's movements in and out of the sky.
Her propeller eyes on the wind sock
Describing the crop duster's eyes as propellers, attentive to wind conditions.
Well the big huge valley is on a respirator
Describing the big valley as in critical condition, possibly environmental decay.
Life juices pumped from up in the sierras
Imagining life-sustaining fluids coming from the mountains.
The almond trees battle their own disease
Depicting struggles of almond trees facing disease.
The hay is jaundiced and the raisins wheeze
Describing unhealthy conditions for hay and raisins.
Cattle march under the knife
Depicting cattle moving toward slaughter.
I do believe the big doctor is sweating up a storm tonight
Suggesting a metaphorical doctor struggling with challenges in the valley.
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