| The Pogues – 5 Green Queens And Jean Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| It's a beautiful song, and I think it's possible to read it as talking about both a card game and a simpler part of his life - the five green queens would probably be the Irish one pund notes from the early 80s, which had Queen Medb (Maeve) on them, and with all his worldly goods in a black bin bag, the only other thing that mattered to him was Jean - presumably an early/innocent love? | |
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