Album: Tim
Year: 1985
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Big deal, you get to fly
Does Paul Westerberg have a meaner song than “Waitress in the Sky?”
Given that most of his cheapest shots were usually at himself or his band, then one might argue that “Waitress in the Sky” is kind of punching down, a criticism that can be deflected on two fronts: he’s singing the song in the character and his sister was a flight attendant, so it was kind of an inside joke.
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