Spanish Pipedream notes
"I wrote it for a Puerto Rican dishwasher in Chicago 'cause he liked Spanish songs." ~John Prine London, Aug 8, 1976
"I wrote this when I started performing. I thought the first song of the show should be up and bouncy. I could only play two rhythms, fast and slow, so this was written to go with my fast bouncy rhythm. Originally, the chorus wasn't about blowing up your TV, It was something about the girl forgetting to take the "pill," but sunk pretty low after that first great verse. It sounded like Loretta Lynn singing about "The Pill," Then I got the line "blow up your TV" I used to keep a small bowl of real fine pebbles that I picked up on my mail route, and if somebody said something really stupid on TV, I'd throw some at the screen." "~John Prine"