"I'm glad I'm a man, and so is Lola."

There's also, "Girls will be boys and boys will be girls / It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola."

Which you could interpret two ways too, I suppose - but then when you look at the song as a whole I think the conclusion is inescapable.

Well I'm not the world's most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine

and

Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man

Holly Woodlawn, about whom "Walk on the Wild Side" was written, is the guest of honor at an event we're holding at my theatre in September. I'm kinda psyched to meet her.

What did you think it was about before? Or did you just never think about it? (I've missed song lyric double-entendres by not thinking about the lyrics.)

Never thought about it.

tommyrot, is that the "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates; you've got a brand new key" song?

Yep.

I just listened to it now (it's on my iPod). Fun.

Also, I've never paid attention to the lyrics of "Brand New Key", but I had no idea it was about anything other than rollerskates and keys.

There was a HUGE scandal about our class trying to have "Nights In White Satin" by the Moody Blues as our prom theme, because the title was too sexual. @@

If it is about more than rollerskates and keys, it now makes sense that Rollergirl listened to it during her first romp with Dirk in Boogoe Nights.

Now I wish I'd had a prom! I want a prom theme!

I think it's safe to say that any pop song about putting anything into anything else is actually about Doing It.

I rode my bicycle past your window last night
I roller skated to your door at daylight
It almost seems that you're avoiding me
I'm ok alone but you've got something I need

Well, I've gotta brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together
And try them out ya see
I've been lookin' around a while
You got somethin' for me
Oh, I gotta brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key

I ride my bike, I roller skate, don't drive no car
Don't go too fast, but I go pretty far
For somebody who don't drive I've been all around the world
Some people say I've done all right for a girl
Oh yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah-yeah

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