That's great john, I remember that. Thanks for posting it. Great example.
Right as we were writing that song, several things had happened. A good friend of mine, one of the nicest, most polite women in the world, accidentally bumped into a woman in a grocery store, and the woman started screaming and yelling in the middle of the store causing a scene and of course, accusing my friend of Racism.
There had been several stories on the news of people that had been in fights, being character assasinated on television for making jokes or comments that were being jumped all over.
Songwriters getting in trouble for subject matter they were doing that was considered offensive and were having their careers ruined because of silly things.
The most recent thing where Taylor Swift was being accused of being racist. Very timely topic.
It is not just race, it seems to be anything. People are just out there waiting to be offended. We can do it sometimes without even knowing we are doing it. And a lot of people think there is some right NOT to be offended.
So that is what that song is about to me.
MAB