Lyric: She smokes a pack a day, oh wait that's me but anyway
Analysis: Well, I don't know where to begin with this one... I believe that Train was trying to make it seem like they were just speaking, like just improvising these lyrics in a really fun off the cuff kind of way. The problem I have with that is what sort of fucking idiot would say to someone, "Oh, you know Virginia? Yeah... yeah, that girl that smokes a pack a day... oh wait, that's me... anyway..." How egotistical do you have to be to confuse someone with you over a very specific addiction. And more than that, who would let that fly? What person was listening to this person and thought, "Oh, that makes sense, he thought she smoked a pack a day, but then he realized that she doesn't smoke... he does." No one! No one would let that fly!
A pack a day is a lot of cigarettes, let's be real here. If you smoked a pack a day you would probably be very aware that it was a problem that you had, and chances are you've tried to quit at some point due to reverse peer pressure, parental pressure, you know. But to assume that Virginia also does this with absolutely no backing is absurd. Does the protagonist of the song also sometimes say:
"Oh Virginia, she's that girl that roots for the Cubs, oh wait that's me... anyway"
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"Oh Virginia, she's that girl who's named Mitch... oh wait that's me... anyway"
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"Oh Virginia, she's that girl that has the penis... oh wait that's me... anyway"
I bet he does sometimes say these things.
oh wait this is great but anyway
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