# Clarify This Verse by Foreigner

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarify-this-verse-by-foreigner/162424>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 19, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarify-this-verse-by-foreigner/162424 "2003-03-19T01:46:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarify-this-verse-by-foreigner/162424/1 "2003-03-19T01:46:02Z")

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It was a Monday, a day like any other day. We left a small town like an apple in decay? Ok, what are they really singing in he opening lines to “Long Way from Home”? - Jinx

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarify-this-verse-by-foreigner/162424/2 "2003-03-19T01:49:31Z")

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The line is …

“I left a small town, for the Apple in decay.”

He went to New York City.

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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarify-this-verse-by-foreigner/162424/3 "2003-03-19T02:06:48Z")

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Oh, gotcha! Thanks, Jack! See, I really don’t know Jack! 😃  
I just want to be a Juke Box hero… 😉 - Jinx