You know, ever now and then there is a song that sticks in your head that makes absolutely no sense. I heard America’s Sandman today and was singing right along with it but I ain’t got no clue what that song is about.
“’cause i understand you’ve been running from the man
That goes by the name of the sandman
He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye
Of a hurricane that’s abandoned ”
I mean, how exactly does an eagle fly in the eye of a hurricane? And, what kind of hurricane is an abandoned one? Of course, if you diagram the sentence and remove the prepositional phrases, I guess it could actually be the eagle that is abandoned in the eye of a hurricane.
Which still leaves the mystery of the Sandman which could be a reference to the old sci-fi classic “Logan’s Run” in which “Sandmen” referred to the police in charge of hunting down middle-aged people who didn’t report to their suicide chamber on their appropriate birthday. Or, the more traditional character from folklore that helps people fall asleep. But the song has a certain sinister feel to it that suggests being caught by the sandman is a pretty bad thing.
But anyway, it is a very catchy tune. Even if rhyming “man” and “sandman” is a extremely unimaginative and lazy rhyming mechanic. I’m starting to think this song is just a completely random bunch of words. But I’m probably going to end up buying it anyway now that it is totally stuck in my head …