It is thought to be a powerful love ballad, dedicated to Sandy and describing the depressing atmosphere that threatens to smother the love between the singer and Sandy. Locals include the "stoned-out faces," "switchblade lovers" and "the greasers" who "tramp the streets or get busted for sleeping out on the boardwalk till dawn." The singer is tired of "hangin' in them dustyarcades" and "chasin' the factory girls."
The song begins with the line: "Sandy, the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight"
