Well, Doug, the line is "take it home right away/ you've got three years to pay/ but Satan is waitin' his turn", which in my mind is a tongue in cheek comment on the whole American consumer attitude of buy now, pay later, and don't worry about it. Whatever "green mohair suits" meant at the time, it's probably the one line that really dates this song to the late 60s when mohair was a style statement.

I buy into the Bobby Kennedy/ Jesus Christ connotation of the "friend", especially since Hillman says so.

Was "sin city" a term applied to Las Vegas prior to this song? I really don't believe it was.

The line about the gold-plated door that won't keep out the Lord's burning rain is probably the best line in the song and reflects not only Parsons' abiding Christian faith, but the hippy concept that wealth was inherently corrupting, and the rich had it coming to them. Oddly enough, I think that line was written by Hillman.