From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
   In article <6pmdnaevC5cRZAzZnZ2dnUVZ_sidnZ2d@rcn.net>,   
   Jan Dean   wrote:   
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   >Ted Nolan  wrote:   
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   >> 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.   
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   >Interesting interpretation; however, I've always seen the printed lyrics   
   >as "doin'" not "do in." There's a big difference.   
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   >Can anyone with a copy of the published sheet music corroborate?   
      
   I'm not sure what you're saying here.  "Doing in" (or "Doin' in") is   
   just the present participle of "to do in", that means that in the present   
   time (since she left him) the singer has been going out and getting wasted   
   to forget, ease the pain or whatever.   
      
   				Ted   
      
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