Patterson Hood (born Mar 24, 1964) is best known as the leader of the Driv… Read Full Bio ↴Patterson Hood (born Mar 24, 1964) is best known as the leader of the Drive-By Truckers. He is the son of acclaimed Muscle Shoals bassist David Hood. In 2004, he released an album entitled Killers and Stars. His second solo album, Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs) was released in June 2009.

Uncle Disney
Patterson Hood Lyrics

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When they thaw out Uncle Disney
gonna be some changes made
Pointing fingers, asking questions
forty years of decisions made

When the thaw out Uncle Disney
all us toons gonna be just fine
America's just a giant theme park

put on them mouse ears and get in line
When they thaw out Uncle Disney
boy won't he be surprised
Carton cures for all his cancers
Thunderclouds in the Florida skies

When the thaw out Uncle Disney
You'll be coming home to me to stay
I'll be waiting for you to call me
as they roll the credits and the music fades
When they thaw out Uncle Disney
heads will roll, I'm afraid
Someone will be held accounted
For forty Years of decisions made

Forty Years of decisions

Overall Meaning

made by Uncle Disney are the subject of Patterson Hood's song "Uncle Disney". Hood suggests that changes will be made and questions will be asked when Uncle Disney is thawed out. The tone of the song is one of resentment towards the influence of the Disney corporation, suggesting that America has become a giant theme park where people are expected to put on mouse ears and follow the crowd. When Uncle Disney is thawed out, Hood suggests that he will find a very different world to the one he left behind. The metaphorical suggestion is that cancer cannot be cured by cartoons, and that despite the veneer of happiness, there are thunderclouds on the horizon, both literally and metaphorically.

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