Catcher In The Rye

Album: Chinese Democracy (2008)
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Dizzy Reed, Paul Tobias, Robin Finck, Tommy Stinson, William Rose
    Publisher: Wixen Music Publishing

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  • Dino from Bandung, IndonesiaAccording to Axl in the last chat, the song is inspired by what's referred to sometimes as Holden Caulfield syndrome. He'd think for most those lines are enjoyed as just venting, blowing off steam, humor or some type of entertainment where it may be how others seriously live in their minds. When he came up with the focus, he got a call from the director of Imagine wanting a bunch of money to make a documentary, had a guy sending him strange packages about Lennon and serial killers etc., and the web started calling him Salinger with no one knowing what he was writing. He figured he was on the right track at least for a song.
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