Can someone explain these lyrics to me?

[Louigi Verona]

Hey guys!
I love an American sitcom Mr. Belvedere, but I've never understood the lyrics of the theme song. What is it about?

"According to Our New Arrivals" by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart-Angelo; sung by Leon Redbone

Streaks on the china,
never mattered before,
who cares.

When you dropped kicked your jacket
As you came through the door,
No one glared.

But sometimes things get turned around
And no one's spared.

All hands look out below
There's a change in the status quo.
Gonna need all the help that we can get.

According to our new arrival
Life is more than mere survival
We just might live the good life yet.

[Really Weird Person]

I am not exactly sure what they are supposed to be talking about. I have not watched that before. Maybe your wife has some ideas (although you may have already asked her and she could not help either).

[Louigi Verona]

Thank you for a helpful answer.

[PPH]

The little I can get from this, it that the song is about change; as if someone decided to change his life. That's the best I can do, sorry.

Most lyrics don't make sense. I guess that's because, even though the writer might have something meaningful in mind, he had to change too much words in order to make them fit the melody, rythm, rhyme, etc.

[uncloned]

new arrival probably equals a baby and the lyrics are about changes that happen because of the responsibility and joy of raising a child.

[g]

From what I read about the show on wikipedia, this is my guess:

Streaks on the china,
never mattered before,
who cares.

Apparantly they didn't care about properly washed dishes!

When you dropped kicked your jacket
As you came through the door,
No one glared.

They didn't hang their jackets properly. With no remorse!

But sometimes things get turned around
And no one's spared.
Then something happened!

All hands look out below
There's a change in the status quo.
Gonna need all the help that we can get.
Things changed!

According to our new arrival
Life is more than mere survival
We just might live the good life yet.
Mr Belvedere butlered their asses and classed them up proper!

[Louigi Verona]

Thanks guys!

Yeah, g, your analysis seems to be right on! I now understand the lines of the last paragraph - I mean, the arrival might mean just a general arrival of change in the song, in context of the series it is an arrival of Mr. Belvedere =)