| Cream – Badge Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"Thinkin' 'bout the times you drove in my car Thinkin' that I might have drove you too far And I'm thinkin' 'bout the love that you laid on my table" Anyone of the 50s or 60s understands that "too far" in reference to a car, understands that this is a reference to sex. From lyrics later in the song, we can infer that a child was conceived. "I told you not to wander 'round in the dark" The woman to which he is referring, was obviously "lost" for some time. "I told you 'bout the swans, that they live in the park" Greek mythology suggests that one can be seduced by the form of the swan. The woman being previously referred to as "lost" was seduced by some force - taken away from her former lover. "Then I told you 'bout our kid, now he's married to Mabel" Here is one end of the "bridge" referred to in earlier posts. It suggests a passage of time. The absentee mother is brought up to date on the child conceived of the drive too far. The guitar riff continues the "bridge" in the song. "Yes, I told you that the light goes up and down Don't you notice how the wheel goes 'round And you better pick yourself up from the ground Before they bring the curtain down Yes, before they bring the curtain down" Here the singer admonishes the former lover to get her life in order before she dies. "Talkin' 'bout a girl that looks quite like you She didn't have the time to wait in the queue" The singer's former lover had to move on, rather than raising her own child. "She cried away her life since she fell off the cradle." The former lover truly is sorry that she missed raising her own child. |
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