A Child and His Lawnmower Lyrics
Sacramento was drugged into court
He shot his lawnmower
It disobeyed, it wouldn't start
Might makes right, it's the American Way (R)
They fined him $60 and sent him on his way
You know, some people don't take no shit
Maybe if they did if they'd have half a brain left
You know, some people don't take no shit
Maybe if they did if they'd have half a brain left
This was an actual incident. The man's name was Frank Karnes and he was fined $65 for discharging a firearm within city limits. In a booklet I saw it had the story. "I just got angry. " He said.
To me, the song is about people who are so intolerant that they even would destroy a simple machine because it didn't work properly. When you think about it, it can also represent how someone in a higher position could kill someone just because they refused to work. I think it was a toned down example of more serious acts of domination. I suppose Jello wanted people to compare that guy who shot his lawnmower to slave drivers or nazi's and see how much they have in common.
funny stuff
Might makes right, it's the american way. This is really good. So true then, so true now.
I heard this was based on an actual event.
i think its making fun of the legal system for not allowing somone to shoot thier OWN lawnmower
i think the "take no shit" part is saying you shouldnt put up with it.
is it illeagl to shoot your lawnmower?
Not just a comment on the legal system, but also the complete lack of mental and emotional maturity in society thaty leads to people resorting to senseless violence (shooting the lawnmower) any time they're unhappy. Back to the legal system, it's also a shot at how the courts don't solve a lot of problems, and they seem to interpret "taking action" as a literal term -- their job is done because they've done something, they dont' really have to fix any problems or do anything productive.
Shooting a lawnmower is legal, but discharging a firearm within city limits is not.
And yeah, it's about people whose immature sense of machismo leads them to commit violence against anything that doesn't go their way.
If you look closely at the original liner notes included with the CD that this song is featured on, this is about a true occurance of a man from Sacramento, California, who literally shot his lawnmower because 'it wouldn't start.' And he really was fined a little over 60 dollars for doing so.
Left out part of what I meant to type there: in the liner notes, there's a newspaper clipping which shows a man mowing his lawn, with the story printed below/near that.