Trippin' billies???

[FarsideCobbPH]

Jb did this song on the tour!! Any DMB fans out there know what the title means?

[A Balding Fan]

Jb did this song on the tour!! Any DMB fans out there know what the title means?

In NORMAL PEOPLE TRANSLATION:

Trippin' Billies = Horsecrap Song that was overplayed in the late 90s

[nycparrothead]

Don't mind A Balding Fan.. He was dropped on his head when he was young and now rides around in the short bus shouting obscenities like a turrets baby....

To the best I can figure Trippin' Billies just simply refers to a bunch of hillbilly types trippin'... There's some weird ass lyrics in there so that's the best I can come up with....

[On The Edge]

Glad I'm not normal, cause it is a groovin tune that makes me and a whole lot of other people stand up and dance. Even Jimmy's version grooves. It's a great song. No idea on the title, when you find out tell me.

I may be growing older, but I'm not growing up.

[OceanCityGirl]

i have no idea. But DMB is one of my favorite bands and I've taken some heat on these boards for it. I love the song too but have no idea what it means.
PS, I also think Dave's sexy.

[Big Phan]

I think billies refers to police officers and trippin refers to, well, trippin.

There's a thread somewhere about this, but I can't find it.

[conched]

You can read the stuff at this link and decide for yourself.

Here is one explanation

You guys all did miss the point of the song by the way, and this interpretation is taken straight from what Dave himself says before he played the song on Vh1 Storytellers.
This is about the first time he took acid .. he was on a beach with friends and when he took the acid he decided he did not want to trip .. but the acid got him and he decided to just go with it. They had a blast sitting around a camp fire and the next thing he knows he is talking to the cops. This song is about all the fun he had and the fact he did not want it to end ..

http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=1013

billies can be policemen...

bumblebees are drugs (amphetamines)


I think when Jimmy sings it, he is relaying the message LIVE FOR TODAY.

Trippin' Billies
we were above
you standing underneath us
we were not yet lovers
dragons were smoked
bumblebees were stinging us
i was soon to be crazy

eat, drink and be merry
for tomorrow we die
'cause we're tripping billies

we're wearing nothing
nothing but our shadows
shadows falling down on the beach sand
remembering once,
out on the beaches we wore
pineapple grass bracelets

so why would you care
to get out of this place
you and me and all our freinds
such a happy human race
'cause we're tripping billies

we are all sitting
legs crossed round a fire
my yellow flame she dances
tequila drinking oh our
minds will wonder
to wonderous places

so why would you care
to get out of this place
you and me and all our friends
such a happy human race

eat, drink and be merry
for tomorrow we die