they're sort of slow-dancing their way through life, but also the 'two' suggests that the pair have each other, and no-one else. Jimmy, the stoic optimist, tells Julie not to "hang head", as moping won't help them get by - they should "let the two-time roll" (two-time being a triple-entendre, I think - it's a dance, i.e. Since The Event, they've been living off rabbits Julie's tried to run away, to escape, but she couldn't - the effects of The Event were too widespread, and anyway, she needs Jimmy just as much as Jimmy needs her. They're living slowly, day-by-day, subsisting - a pace of life reflected in the song's stately pace. This line suggests the song is set in a post-apocalyptic town, perhaps, or a post-anarchy town - Jimmy and Julie live in a village that has been ravaged by something (let's call it The Event, for the sake of convenience) that has supplanted modes of playing music. Sure, it seems like a song about Jimmy and Julie living in abject poverty - 'til the line, "Ever since they tore the jukebox down". I say row Jimmy row, gonna get there I don't know Seems a common way to go, get out and row, row, row, row, row. I say row Jimmy row, gonna get there, I don't know,
You ain't got half of what you thought you had Seems a common way to go, get out and row, row, row, row, row
I say row Jimmy row, gonna get there, I don't know Don't hang your head, let the two time roll
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