# Title & lyrics of the song Lauren Bacall sang in "The Big Sleep"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-lyrics-of-the-song-lauren-bacall-sang-in-the-big-sleep/423625 "2007-10-22T21:49:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-lyrics-of-the-song-lauren-bacall-sang-in-the-big-sleep/423625/1 "2007-10-22T21:49:06Z")
All I can remember is part of the chorus: And her tears flowed like wine Yes, her tears flowed like wine She’s a sad, bruised tomato She’s a busted valentine . . . ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-lyrics-of-the-song-lauren-bacall-sang-in-the-big-sleep/423625/2 "2007-10-22T22:08:58Z")
[**And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine**](http://www.lyricszoo.com/lavay-smith-her-red-hot-skillet-lickers/and-her-tears-flowed-like-wine/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-lyrics-of-the-song-lauren-bacall-sang-in-the-big-sleep/423625/3 "2007-10-23T22:39:30Z")
🙂 Thanx! It’s the scene I remember best from the movie – and perhaps the only scene that makes any sense! ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-lyrics-of-the-song-lauren-bacall-sang-in-the-big-sleep/423625/4 "2007-10-24T00:22:17Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] 🙂 Thanx! It’s the scene I remember best from the movie – and perhaps the only scene that makes any sense! [/QUOTE] I thought all the individual scenes made sense, it was only that they didn’t quite string together in a meaningful gestalt. “If you need me, just whistle.” ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-lyrics-of-the-song-lauren-bacall-sang-in-the-big-sleep/423625/5 "2007-10-24T11:54:52Z")
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven] I thought all the individual scenes made sense, it was only that they didn’t quite string together in a meaningful gestalt. “If you need me, just whistle.” [/QUOTE] S’cuse me, but isn’t that line from 'To Have and Have Not"? The best scene in “The Big Sleep” is where the two are rating each other in racing terms. I usually need a cigarette after I watch that. Hubba hubba! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-lyrics-of-the-song-lauren-bacall-sang-in-the-big-sleep/423625/6 "2007-10-24T16:12:37Z")
It actually makes more sense if you read Chander’s novella. There were things that just couldn’t be spelled out in a movie, back then. E.g., until I read the book I had no idea the mysterious faux-bookstore was actually a porno shop (one that rented out pornographic books, like a modern shop rents out DVDs). Or that the murdered Geiger was bisexual and the young Carol Lundgren was one of his lovers.