| They Might Be Giants – Purple Toupee Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I agree with J.J. that the song is about mixed up memories of the Sixties, but I think it's about a kid's memories. The first line: "I remember the year I went to camp" probably refers to a summer camp that kids went to. John and John would have been kids around that time, so this seems to fit. I would guess it's what they perceived was going on in the world back when they were kids. Now that they are older, they thought back on that time and realized how funny it was. So why not make that into a song? This is similar to those song lyrics you never really understood so you put in words you knew. Then "bad moon on the rise" became "bathroom on the right", and "Don't it make my brown eyes, blue" became "Donuts make my brown eyes, blue", etc. I'm sure you can think of more examples and how silly you felt after you realized what the real lyrics were. I'm waiting for the mis-heard lyrics song. ;-) |
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