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Blue Diamonds Lyrics
so you can sell yourself on blue diamonds
call vice, it takes a day to explain the crime
you laugh at what the la times says about us
but delight at my first try at being sly
finished the third page
time for a break
you make a gangsign, framing your face
time for the hardline
time to get dressed
good luck, God bless
it feels like this is happening in treetime
i stand up and toast the tv for getting it right
God willing and the creek don't rise
i've got two thousand dollars
and a bull's-eye between my eyes
these chickens are fish in a barrel
and the tall one is gonna be for sale
cos you're so good at waiting
[it's about time we took a ride]
i'm just saying, i'm just saying
i'll be seeing you
call vice, it takes a day to explain the crime
you laugh at what the la times says about us
but delight at my first try at being sly
time for a break
you make a gangsign, framing your face
time for the hardline
time to get dressed
good luck, God bless
i stand up and toast the tv for getting it right
i've got two thousand dollars
and a bull's-eye between my eyes
these chickens are fish in a barrel
and the tall one is gonna be for sale
[it's about time we took a ride]
i'm just saying, i'm just saying
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This is my favorite Long Winters song.
ahhh i love this song so much! it is so catchy!!! i also love the lyrics! so absurd! it doesnt make any sense at all that i can tell....and i love it
Methinks it does actually make some sense. It would seem to be from the perspective of someone who is either planning or has just comitted a complicated heist of some sort. Anyway, damn catchy. I'm just sayin'.
ahaha the best line is " these chickens are fish in a barrel and the tall ones is gonna be for sale"
it makes a lot of sensee.
i could never in my entire life get sick of this song. it's exciting to listen to, the lyrics are cleverly imagined. and i imagine the writer is very creative.
"These chickens are fish in a barrel And the tall one is gonna be for sale"
A now departed friend had a theory that this line was a pointed reference to Harvey Danger, and specifically Sean Nelson. Sean was the tallest member of HD, and indeed just tall in general, and in the early 2000's HD was on hiatus with Sean joining TLW. (Hence his linkage to "the tall one is gonna be for sale"....jumping from HD to TLW)
So, When I Pretend to Fall was released in 2003. At a TLW show in Chicago circa 2007 he went up to John Roderick pre-show with this theory, and John always playing coy just kind of laughed it off. However, Blue Diamonds was of course a regular part of the set list at this point. He and I score front row standing places for the show, so John def saw us from the start of the set. It's Blue Diamonds time and right as this lyric comes up John stares directly at us with this big sh** eating grin staring right at us and nodding.
For my friend, this was all the confirmation he needed.
Now, to be fair, John might have been just playing with us....it's not outside of his nature.....we'll never know for sure.