"Rosie" by Jackson Browne is about......???

[maveric]

I have an idea about the true meaning of that great song.
How about you?

Rosie

She was standing at the load-in
When the trucks rolled up
She was sniffing all around
Like a half grown female pup
She wasn't hard to talk to
Looked like she had nowhere to go
So I gave her my pass
So she could get in and see the show

Well I sat her down right next to me
And I got her a beer
While I mixed that sound on stage
So the band could hear
The more I watched her watch them play
The less I could think of to say
And when they walked off stage
The drummer swept that girl away

But Rosie you're all right - you wear my ring
When you hold me tight - Rosie that's my thing
When you turn out the light - I've got to hand it to me
Looks like it's me and you again tonight Rosie

Well I guess I might have known from the start
She'd come for a star
Might have told my imagination not to run too far
Of all the times that I've been burned
By now you'd think I'd have learned
That it's who you look like
Not who you are

But Rosie you're all right - you wear my ring
When you hold me tight - Rosie that's my thing
When you turn out the light - I've got to hand it to me
Looks like it's me and you again tonight Rosie

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

1. My best educated guess would be:

a groupie. n/t

[maveric]

2. Its a "guy thing". The story of "Rosie Palm".

"Rosie your allright. You wear my ring..."

[Droopy]

4. I was going to say

sounds like a song about an unattainable woman. I guess I would have been sorta right.

[leftofthedial]

3. yup

hand it to me

that's my thing

[Hissyspit]

5. Yup. The groupie goes off with the drummer, and the narrator is left

with 'handing it to himself'

[leftofthedial]

6. I've performed that song a bunch over the years

sad to say

I was the only married guy in the band for a long time . . .

kind of funny actually.