# Deconstructing songs I don't understand. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deconstructing-songs-i-dont-understand/102859 "2002-04-10T16:46:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deconstructing-songs-i-dont-understand/102859/21 "2002-04-11T02:28:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > **Twenty-five or Six to 4 are the odds that Mike Piazza will get hit in the head at any given moment.** ROFLMAO! _Bye, bye, Mr. Piazza Pie Took a beanball to the noggin When old Rog let one fly. Then you were battered on by Patterson when he let his bat fly. You’re becoming one brain-damaged guy…_ [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![longjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@longjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longjohn)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deconstructing-songs-i-dont-understand/102859/22 "2002-04-11T12:52:34Z")
Biggirl - I’ve heard three explanations for these lyrics. None of them particularly convince me. 1. a “chimney” is a northern UK term for a large bruise or mark. I don’t buy this because the Tamperer – who wrote the track – are three guys from from Italy, so why would they know this? 2. There is an old wives tale that adulterous wives’ chimneys fall down. Again, I presume this is a UK specific thing, so I guess its not the real story. 3. A chimney is apparently slang for a bodybag. If so, I have never heard it outside this context. My 2 cents – it’s a piece of nonsense verse that sticks in peoples memories because it is so odd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deconstructing-songs-i-dont-understand/102859.md?page=1)