# What’s puzzling you is the nature of my game

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**Created:** [August 26, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-puzzling-you-is-the-nature-of-my-game/1006229 "2024-08-26T05:08:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-puzzling-you-is-the-nature-of-my-game/1006229/23 "2024-08-26T21:45:42Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I think the real question is why troubadours were heading towards Bombay.

Hah! I posted exactly the same question eons ago. Summary: it alluded to the hippie trail through Asia heading to India where seemingly some hippies lost their lives.

> [@Q about a line in "Sympathy For The Devil"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-a-line-in-sympathy-for-the-devil/764060):
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> I think I have all the historical allusions in the song down, but I always wondered about the line: “And I lay traps for troubadours, who get killed before they reach Bombay” What the heck does it mean?

And to get on topic: I’ve never thought about the ambiguity in that line, I always assumedthat the listener is puzzled by the singer’s game, but the notion is great. I also find the interpretation that it’s told from God’s perspective fascinating. Shows what a great song it is, besides “Gimme Shelter” the best Stones lyrics IMHO.

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