Animals & Nature1 min ago
mickey mouse has grown up a cow
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in the david bowie sone 'life on mars' there is the lyric "mickey mouse has grown up a cow" - anyone have any suggestions on the meaning of this unusual phrase
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I've always thought it's a metaphor for the disillusion Bowie is explaining with regard to the 'American Dream'. Mickey is always seen as a symbol of the bright right and happy image of America, how bizarre therefore if he turned out to be a far less image-friendly creation when he 'grew up' - in other words when the 'Dream' turned sour. That's just my view - Mr Bowie, and indeed other visitors to the site may have other ideas.
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