Ladies and gentlemen, the genius of John Prine:
I first heard this song on an old hippie folk radio station in San Diego in 1995 before corporate radio took over. I was transfixed and had to buy the album immediately. The tune is catchy as hell, and the lyrics are sublime. You can read it as a celebration of live-and-let-live libertarianism, which I did and do, and the video suggests he means to take it even further as a celebration of victimless vices.
I've lived many lives and been many people since then, but hearing that song today is like hearing it for the first time.
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