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Tropical London Lyrics
When you lose me you lose a good thing
That's one thing I know for sure
If you lose me girl, you lose a good thing
That's one thing I know for sure
When you were sick girl I held your hand
When you were in trouble I tried to understand
To stay with you I'd do anything I can
Cuz losing you was not part of the plan
Melbourne is a tropical London
American in a tropical London
Abandoned in a tropical London
Oh no...
A souvenier reminds me of you
Every day I catch a glimpse of us two
And I'm the one coming to the rescue
That's why I'm confused you withdrew
Medication led to an altercation
It's hazardous in the valley of deception
But it was not my intention, my invention
But now my heart's been ripped wide open
That's one thing I know for sure
If you lose me girl, you lose a good thing
That's one thing I know for sure
When you were in trouble I tried to understand
To stay with you I'd do anything I can
Cuz losing you was not part of the plan
American in a tropical London
Abandoned in a tropical London
Oh no...
Every day I catch a glimpse of us two
And I'm the one coming to the rescue
That's why I'm confused you withdrew
It's hazardous in the valley of deception
But it was not my intention, my invention
But now my heart's been ripped wide open
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It's actually: "Melbourne is a tropical London I met a girl in a tropical London Abandoned in a tropical London" Melbourne has a lot in common with London, and it' (sub)tropical - thus "tropical London". He met Brody there, and it's also where she abandoned him.
I think this song is definatly about Brody. "if you lose me you lose a good thing" - about there divorce. "Melbourne is a tropical London American in a tropical London" - Brody being from melbourne and she moved to america when she met tim, and later marrying him. "Medication led to an altercation" - the medication bit could mean either the antidepressants brody was prescribed when they were in marrage counsilling or it could also refere to drugs........causeing an altercation which is a heated argument
thank you M.O.T.O. i had no idea what this song was about.
this is my fave rancid song ever, maybe because its about Brody, who is one of my idols. But i just think its really great, i guess the lyrics are so great cuz Tim must of felt so many emotions about the topic he was writting about.
I love this song its really good you can really tell that he means everything he says in this song i really like it
i didnt know Brody and Tim are not together anymore? :confused: Good song anyhow.
how didnt you know????this song is brilliant
besides being tim's ex-wife, who's brody?? how come she's your idol what does she do what's her story. why is LONDON inculded in the lyrics melbourne=brody american =tim london =?? BRILLIANT is the word for this song, great for getting drunk with your friends listening to rancid
Diegop, Brody is the singer from The Distillers. I think she's written a song or two about him, too, and she's definitely mentioned him before.
Anyway thanks for the clarification, mogsety!
i love this song. but i love Rancid and mogsety made it pretty clear on what it means.