The WHERE WAS TOM Lyrics Questions Thread

[DickyC]

If he'd just stabbed Delilah and the Police are about to break down the door, why is he asking person or persons unknown to bring her to him? Presumably either he and a very cross Delilah or he and her body are still there. If not, where is he?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

At what point does he ask for her to be brought?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

It's quite clear to me that he's inside..

....or why would he be a tad concerned about them breaking down the door?

[DickyC]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

At what point does he ask for her to be brought?

"Give me Delilah, I just couldn't take any more."

No?

Parrot incoming. Lyrics explained. Thread delivers. OP slinks away to lick wounds.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

DickyC said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

At what point does he ask for her to be brought?

"Give me Delilah, I just couldn't take any more."

No?

Parrot incoming. Lyrics explained. Thread delivers. OP slinks away to lick wounds.

You've missed the "for" before "give"

Now...pork sausages anybody?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I'm more than 60 years old.

I've been listening to 19th Nervous Breakdown since I was about 7.

The other day I Googled "ceiling wax" to find out exactly what it does to the ceiling.......

....now, that is dorkish

[DickyC]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

I'm more than 60 years old.

I've been listening to 19th Nervous Breakdown since I was about 7.

The other day I Googled "ceiling wax" to find out exactly what it does to the ceiling.......

....now, that is dorkish

[DickyC]

Was the House of the Rising Sun a gambling house, a brothel or a brothel with gambling? The narrator mentions sin and misery. If it was solely a brothel presumably there would be brief periods of joy and if it was just a gambling house where's the sin? But if he was broke he wouldn't be welcome in either.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I always thought it was a train station.

[Salmonofdoubt]

What the hell was going on for the entirety of Whiter Shade of Pale?

None of it makes sense.

[DickyC]

Salmonofdoubt said:

What the hell was going on for the entirety of Whiter Shade of Pale?

None of it makes sense.

More drink and drugs for Table 6.

[DickyC]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

It's quite clear to me that he's inside..

....or why would he be a tad concerned about them breaking down the door?

If only Tom had had it out with that man who drove away we wouldn't be in this mess.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

What car was Jo Dee Messina driving?

Bye bye love I'll catch you later
Got a left foot down on my accelerator and the rear view mirror torn off

[DickyC]

Salmonofdoubt said:

What the hell was going on for the entirety of Whiter Shade of Pale?

None of it makes sense.

So many great songs where we have no idea what's going on.

Bohemian Rhapsody, The Man Who Sold The World, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.

The mystery must be the attraction.

[GAjon]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

DickyC said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

At what point does he ask for her to be brought?

"Give me Delilah, I just couldn't take any more."

No?

Parrot incoming. Lyrics explained. Thread delivers. OP slinks away to lick wounds.

You've missed the "for" before "give"

Now...pork sausages anybody?

It’s not unusual.

[DickyC]

So what did Bobbie and Billie Joe throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

DickyC said:

So what did Bobbie and Billie Joe throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?

Delilah

[DickyC]

They were in on it?

An international conspiracy, you're saying!

[DickyC]

Tom could have concealed his involvement by saying he was going to Graceland to see his old mate.

[Skyedriver]

DickyC said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

I'm more than 60 years old.

I've been listening to 19th Nervous Breakdown since I was about 7.

The other day I Googled "ceiling wax" to find out exactly what it does to the ceiling.......

....now, that is dorkish