Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
Yes, another that ranks alongside the worst he has ever recorded. In Working on the Highway he is actually arrested for what I assume is statutory rape.

As I dont believe he has ever personally fallen foul of this particular law, the song is not only dreadful and inappropriate, it also make him a bit of a fake. Claiming to be a ***** when he isn't. Typical!

Then we have the sexual predator in I'm On Fire, enquiringly as to whether the little girl's daddy is home. Its just all kinds of wrong.....
Oh god, this is ridiculous. The protagonists in each of these songs is probably like 18 or 19, and it's the Boss Man or else tyrannical patriarch who wants to put a clamp on it. Statutory rape comes into play if it's a grossly dissimilar age. What we are talking about, O man of the people, is a situation where some worker bloke can't make anything happen to change his life. He thinks, perhaps foolishly, that some little hottie is going to improve his lot or else validate his self-image. Poignant and mistaken but not grounds for disapproval.