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thought I had found my golden September in the middle of that purple June
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Gold and purple are linked - both are colours that reference power, royalty and wealth. June and September may be references to significant events in the singer's personal life. However, as a sidenote, June is considered a month favourable for marriage, the month being named after the Roman goddess, Juno. September.
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for one crowded hour, you were the only one in the room
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"Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife,
Throughout the sensual world proclaim,
One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name." - Thomas Osbert Mordaunt, 1730-1808.

The original poem is interpreted to mean that one hour of love is worth an age with nothing. The word crowded doesn't refer to being crowded with people, but rather depicts a scene with the two lovers in an intimate, close space; crowded with two people.
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away with the dish and scare the fish by the silvery light of the moon
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Meaning to take a woman away during the night and sleep with her. Scaling the fish could be a reference to sex, or stripping the clothes off a woman - the fish is known in many cultures and early Christianity as a reference to fertility.
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were taught from the womb to believe to the tune
In as far as their bleeding eyes see
Is a pleasure pen, meant for them, built for and rent for them
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They were taught from birth the believe that everything they see in the world exists for their own pleasure.

The word "bleeding" could be a curse, for example, the line could be "as far as their bloody eyes see".

"Pleasure pen" likely uses the word "pen" to mean exclosure, like you would see on a farm. This could also mean that the boys have a very narrow worldview - drawing parallels from their world to a small enclosure.
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I know you like your boys to take their medicine
From the bowl with a silver spoon
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The woman prefers men who are charismatic and can talk their way out of situations - the term "to take their medicine" could refer to an idiom meaning to take responsibility for something you've done (as in the men don't like taking responsibility for their actions) and the silver spoon could refer to them being well spoken and charming, referencing the phrase "born with a silver spoon."
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