From: jandean@surfcity.com   
      
   Ted Nolan  wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   > Jan Dean   wrote:   
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   >>The old geezer wrote:   
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   >>>Jan Dean wrote:   
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   >>>>Can anyone explain what this expression MEANS?   
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   >>>>It makes no sense whatsoever.   
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   >>>He's been "going out of his mind".   
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   >>How does "out doin' in my head" mean "going out of my mind"?   
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   >>"Out" is the opposite of "in."   
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   >>Can a person by "in" his head while "out" of his mind?   
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   >>Exactly WHAT is he "doin'" in his head?   
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   >>Or should we understand "out doin'" to mean "outdoing?"   
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   >>Is he "outdoing" some crazy people by acting even crazier?   
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   >>Could it be he's "Busy Doin' Nothing" in his head? Har har!   
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   >>Is it some idiomatic expression indigenous to Hawthorne, California?   
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   > To "do in" something is to ruin or murder it.  "He was done in by   
   > the mob".  To "do in" your head is to get wasted, go on a bender,   
   > go crazy.   
      
   Interesting interpretation; however, I've always seen the printed lyrics   
   as "doin'" not "do in." There's a big difference.   
      
   Can anyone with a copy of the published sheet music corroborate?   
      
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