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martin rinehart said ...

"Outrageous" is a portrait of an aging, vain, insecure man. This comes out in the outrageous complaints that lead off. "Who's going to love you when your looks are gone?" is his insecurity. It's the thought inside his head.

"Painting my hair the color of mud." is his in-your-face way of saying, "I dye my hair. You gotta problem with that?"

"God will, like he waters the flowers on your windowsill" is our anti-hero's way of saying, "God will. Yeah, right. Don't count on it."

"I'm an ordinary player in the key of C." C is the beginner's piano key. It doesn't use the black keys. Our anti-hero is vain about his looks, not his accomplishments.

This is really a very sad portrait. Even 900 situps a day (he needs to change personal trainers) won't do more than postpone the inevitable. Without some accomplishments to fall back on, the man's bitterness can only grow.

This was the first song I cracked. "Wow, this IS outrageous," I thought.


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