The last time I listened to the song in an automobile, it was on a cassette recorded from a crackly vinyl record.

Dam!

"You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant
Walk right in it's around the back"

I loved how Guthrie used innuendo in a way that was almost subliminal, instead of hitting you over the head with it. Another example is from The Motorcycle song.

I don't want a pickle
I just wanna ride my motor-sickle.
And I don't wanna die
I just wanna ride my motorcy- kill

I wonder if this song has been bowdlerized already, like "Money for Nothing" and "Jenna Bush Army". There's certainly a couple of lines in the military section that would never make the cut today.

Going into this thread, I had already heard that Chuck Woolery died at the age of 83. A little disappointed that he wasn't the inspiration for the song.