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I had forgotten about Ball of Confusion! Awesome song.
I’m also going with “Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde, and…”
He married the girl with the strawberry curl and the band was like, whatever.
Titanic for me, too.
So, errr, what is the original meaning then?
The book about the beginning of the AIDS crisis.
Miriam singing the song in “Strangers On A Train”, shortly before running into Bruno Anthony.
“…But his brain was so loaded it nearly exploded
The poor girl would shake with alarm…”
Song first, then the Randy Shilts book. My father used to sing the song on occasion, accompanying himself on the uke.
Closer, but no cigarer. I think you mean “Nearer, My God, To Thee”. Which is perfectly appropriate as long as the god in question is Poseidon.