The WHERE WAS TOM Lyrics Questions Thread
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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.
Police State said:
DickyC said:
So what did Bobbie and Billie Joe throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?
The Baby.2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
Perhaps they borrowed the baby from a neighbour
To practice throwing babies off bridges in case she got pregnant? It's a bit extreme, isn't it? How about, with him there, she threw the distributor for his Stutz Bearcat from the bridge? He coped to begin with but chose to end it all after he spoke to the suppliers.droopsnoot said:
While we're at it, then, does the car in "Greased Lightning" have two gearboxes? "Well, this car's automatic, it's hydromatic, it's something-else-matic, well it's Greased Lightning", the song says at the start, but then later it says "with a four-speed on the floor".
A pot pouri of excerpts from songs with references to car parts assembled by a lyricist with little time or knowledge. The "four on the floor" is lifted straight from the Beach Boys' Little Deuce Coupe.Lyricist: What's four-on-the-floor?
Bystander: Four speeds.
Lyricist: Got it, thanks. I'll put four speed on the floor.
Bystander: Must you?
TwigtheWonderkid said:
"I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy".
Is that really the defence case you want to run with......I mean......seriously?
His defence is, he shot the sheriff in self defence but had nothing to do with the shooting of the deputy which was an unfortunate coincidence that might appear incriminating. Is that really the defence case you want to run with......I mean......seriously?
Your witness.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Come on Mr Marley, seriously. Have you been smoking weed, expecting us to swallow this nonsense?
How can my client be a suspect in any wrongdoing? He holds a respectable place in society from being in business for many years with Ebenezer Scrooge. Shot the deputy, indeed! Preposterous. thewarlock said:
DickyC said:
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?
I always preferred the SAHB version"Do what?"
"Okay, have it your way. Where was Alex?"
"The Hammersmith Odeon. 1975."
The narrator of Whiskey In The Jar robs Captain Farrell and takes the money back to Molly, she betrays him to the Captain and he finishes up in prison - "the Devil take that woman cos you know she tricked me easy."
If Molly was as bad as we are led to believe, why didn’t she just take the money and scarper when he was asleep? "Me, I like sleepin', especially in Molly's chamber."
It don't make no kinda sense.
If Molly was as bad as we are led to believe, why didn’t she just take the money and scarper when he was asleep? "Me, I like sleepin', especially in Molly's chamber."
It don't make no kinda sense.
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
DickyC said:
The Indians send signals from the rocks above the pass
The cowboys take position in the bushes and the grass
The squaw is with the Corporal...
Hold up! Corporal? Cowboys don't have Corporals. Was this a Joint Operation between the cowboys and the US Cavalry?
Hey, Mr. Churchill comes over hereThe cowboys take position in the bushes and the grass
The squaw is with the Corporal...
Hold up! Corporal? Cowboys don't have Corporals. Was this a Joint Operation between the cowboys and the US Cavalry?
To say we're doing splendidly
But it's very cold out here in the snow
Marching to and from the enemy
Oh I say it's tough, I have had enough
Can you stop the cavalry?
(Am I doing this right?)
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