Help with understanding lyrical content of Sugar Mag
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Sugar Magnolia blossom's blooming
Head's all empty and I don't care
My friend and I R having a debate about the meaning of "head's all empty" in Sugar Magnolia.
Zoner feedback would B kindly appreciated. 
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I've always taken it to mean
I've always taken it to mean she's none too bright.
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uh, duh.
uh, duh.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
She hasn't hitchhiked the
She hasn't hitchhiked the country doing drugs while seeing shows yet. Her value as a human is questionable.
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she obviously didnt need to
she obviously didnt need to use her thumb to get backstage, slack
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What it means is:
What it means is ::
:"Head's all Empty, and I don't Care".
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I'm not high but it's cool
I'm not high but it's cool
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"Head's all empty" = bathroom
"Head's all empty" = bathroom is unoccupied.
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Sugar Magnolia seems to b a
Sugar Magnolia seems to b a luv song extolling the virtues of Mz Magnolia.
"She's a summer love in the spring, fall and winter
She can make happy any man alive."
if we accept that "heads all empty" means that Sugar Mag is "none too bright," does that mean that the singer wants the luv of his life 2 B a dumb broad?
Does this imply sexism?
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She's Loose Lucy's little
She's Loose Lucy's little sister.
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It was Bill Graham's favorite
It was Bill Graham's favorite song.
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I recall reading that Weir
I recall reading that Weir said it was about his jeep.
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http://artsites.ucsc.edu
http://artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/agdl/smag.html
Apparently, the tune is about Weir's girlfriend at the time, Frankie. The bit about the jumping Willys is kind of neat.
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Bobby Estimated Prophet Weir
Bobby Estimated Prophet Weir
Head's all Empty and I don't Care = Repeal and Replace.