The WHERE WAS TOM Lyrics Questions Thread

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DickyC said:

Which reminds me...

The only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk

That's two things.

From the song If

If a man could be two places at one time
I'd be with you
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way

Two places, one with you....the other?

[DickyC]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

From the song If

If a man could be two places at one time
I'd be with you
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way

Two places, one with you....the other?

He's asking you to suspend your disbelief because he doesn't mean two places, he means two times: today and tomorrow. If he waited he could have today today and tomorrow tomorrow but, oh no, he wants his cake and eat it. No patience you see?

[sociopath]

Not lyrics so much but more the moral standpoint in Gary Moore's Lver the fields and far away.

The subject of the song is made out to be a hero, being locked up for a robbery he didn't commit, so he doesn't betray the woman he was with.

However the woman is the wife of his best friend - not such a honourable man after all, shagging your mates wife behind his back

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These things happen

[hairy v]

colin_p said:

Taking a Quantum Jump, I'd love to know what this means...

Taumatawhakatangihangakoayauo-tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoro-nukypokaiwhenuakitanatahu

Cowboys and Indians something something something

But still as cool as 41 years later.

Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­ure­haea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu" means "The hill of the flute playing by Tamatea – who was blown hither from afar, had a slit penis, grazed his knees climbing mountains, fell on the earth, and encircled the land – to his beloved one"

Duh!

[DickyC]

hairy v said:

Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­ure­haea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu" means "The hill of the flute playing by Tamatea – who was blown hither from afar, had a slit penis, grazed his knees climbing mountains, fell on the earth, and encircled the land – to his beloved one"

Duh!

Yes, sorry, I should have guessed.