Complete RAL Outtakes

[DauphineMarie]

Okay, so here's my official spiel on Mabel Normand: So Stevie had to have written this in 1984, while she was dating Joe Walsh. Mabel Normand was a silent film star, the first comedienne, woman director, and launched Charlie Chaplin's film career. In the early 1920's, she was heavily addicted to cocaine (Hmm) and found much unhappiness in her life. Her story really is very sad, ending with her untimely death from tuberculosis in 1930, mostly brought on from weakness she sustained with her fast-living lifestyle. I think Stevie saw this, and recognized it. The actual verses talk about losing her a love. She says, "and then I called you Beloved Exile." Beloved Exile is a book about King Arthur, or more specifically, the death of King Arthur, leaving behind Queen Guinevere to live alone. I remember in an interview she gave in the 90's I believe, saying that both her and Joe would have died if they had not broken up, because of their lifestyles. "So my friend is continuing on a destructive road, his life passes before him, unfortunate circumstances."
I think she compares herself to "Poor Mabel Normand" and Joe to King Arthur. I'm sorry this is so long, but I have been waiting to put this out for a while, because I think this is a really important yet underrated song that really gets to Stevie's heart.