Mary Jane
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Another, and more widely accepted meaning, is that “Mary Jane” is used as slang for marijuana, telling the story of how Petty was introduced to the drug by personifying it as a young woman.
Last dance with Mary Jane
One more time to kill the pain
I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m tired of this town again
Throughout the song, he talks of “killing the pain” with Mary Jane and using her to leave his tired old town for a while. With Petty publicly announcing his affinity for the drug, this meaning seems to hold more weight.
“I’m mostly just a reefer guy. It’s a musical drug,” Petty told Men’s Journal in 2014. “I’ve had a pipeline of marijuana since 1967.”
Cavanaugh is currently getting together a petition to make this the Indiana theme song.
Last dance with Mary Jane
One more time to kill the pain
I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m tired of this town again
Throughout the song, he talks of “killing the pain” with Mary Jane and using her to leave his tired old town for a while. With Petty publicly announcing his affinity for the drug, this meaning seems to hold more weight.
“I’m mostly just a reefer guy. It’s a musical drug,” Petty told Men’s Journal in 2014. “I’ve had a pipeline of marijuana since 1967.”
Cavanaugh is currently getting together a petition to make this the Indiana theme song.
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