The song according to Ian is a reference to fun but maybe its not all that its cracked up to be after all. Fun doesn't seem to be all that much fun anymore. The credits include co-writers Mark Clarke, bass, and Hilly Michaels, drums. Hunter has numerous songs about his wild youth and he seems to mean it's not like the old days and the good times we had.
His hair is hanging like a Rastaman's dreadlocks and "ready Teddy" could be a double reference, simply a boy's name or the youth subculture of the early 1950s to mid-1960s who were interested in rock 'n' roll and R&B music. Lucille seems to be an any girls name.
Rastaman's locks = dreadlocks
Teddy
The Teddy Boys or Teds were a mainly British youth subculture of the early 1950s to mid-1960s who were interested in rock and roll and R&B music, wearing clothes partly inspired by the styles worn by dandies in the Edwardian period, which Savile Row tailors had attempted to re-introduce in Britain after the Second World War.[1]
Lucille
Fun
(Ian Hunter/Mark Clarke/Hilly Michaels)
I got a shower curtain stickin' to my back
And the o'd' cologne sure packs a whack
I got blood on my razor - my face is in shock
'N' my hair hangin' down like a Rastaman's locks
I think I'm ready - I'm gettin' ready
Gettin' ready Teddy - we're all gonna have fun
I gotta rock 'n' roll - rocket says "you gotta go fast"
'N' the radio's blarin' out a blast from the past
Lucille's in the back screamin' "gimme a break"
Your momma didn't tell you - that's the chance you take
It's oh so sad
When this love is all that we have
To swallow a lifetime away
With so many hours in each day
But calm your foolish heart
Our girlfriend's can't keep us apart
I'm with you every step of the way
Baby - what more can I say
The only problem is
I wanna party - get down - boogie - have a great time
Well its 36.50 for a room with a view
O' the empire state 'n' the pizza place, too
Lucille's got my body in a total eclipse
She's all lips 'n' hips - you know - one o' those trips
We're gettin' ready - she's gettin' ready
Gettin' ready Teddy - we're all gonna have fun
Fun | 4:22 | Originally issued on All of the Good Ones Are Taken. |