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    what does starve a plow mean

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    If you are referring to the song Pink Houses, the lyrics are:"Hey darlin'
    I can remember when you could stop a clock".





    My Best Guess: "And he looks at her and says, 'Hey, darlin', I can remember when you could starve a plow."

    The Problem with My Best Guess:  In my defense, I was pretty sure "starve a plow" didn't make any sense.  I also STILL think it sounds like "starve a plow," even knowing what the actual line is.

    The Actual Line: "And he looks at her and says, 'Hey, darlin', I can remember when you could stop a clock."

    Looking Back:  Had I heard "stop a clock" instead of "starve a plow", I would have had the same nagging "that can't be right" feeling.  Turns out, "she has a face that could stop a clock" is an actual phrase.  Wiki Answers tell us "This means that she was so beautiful, that she even made the clock stop." Wiki continues: "It is also used by some mean so ugly, that she could stop a clock."  I would guess the speaker is going with the first definition, but methinks many ladies are a little ambivalent about being told that they "used to be pretty enough to stop a clock--you know, in the past." 

    There's a black man with a black cat
    Livin' in a black neighborhood
    He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard
    You know he thinks that he's got it so good


    And there's a woman in the kitchen
    Cleanin' up evenin' slop
    And he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin'
    I can remember when you could stop a clock"


    Oh, but ain't that America for you and me
    Ain't that America somethin' to see baby
    Ain't that America home of the free, yeah
    Little pink houses for you and me
    Oh yeah for you and me, oh


    Well there's a young man in a T-shirt
    Listenin' to a rock 'n' rollin' station
    He's got a greasy hair, greasy smile
    He says, "Lord this must be my destination"


    'Cause they told me when I was younger
    Said, "Boy you're gonna be President"
    But just like everything else those old crazy dreams
    Just kinda came and went


    Oh, but ain't that America for you and me
    Ain't that America somethin' to see baby
    Ain't that America home of the free, yeah
    Little pink houses for you and me
    Oh built baby for you and me


    Well there's people and more people
    What do they know, know, know?
    Go to work in some high rise
    And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico, ooo yeah


    And there's winners and there's losers
    But they ain't no big deal
    'Cause the simple man baby pays the thrills
    The bills, the pills that kill


    Oh, but ain't that America for you and me
    Ain't that America somethin' to see baby
    Ain't that America home of the free, yeah
    Little pink houses for you and me, ooo
    Ooo yeah


    Ain't that America for you and me
    Ain't that America hey with somethin' to see baby
    Ain't that America oh, the home of the free, ooo yeah yeah yeah
    Little pink houses made for you and me
    Ooo yeah, ooo yeah


    http://www.elyrics.net/read/j/john-mellencamp-lyrics/pink-houses-lyrics.html 


     


     



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