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Three Girl Rhumba Lyrics

Think of a number,
divide it by two.
Something is nothing.
Nothing is nothing.
Open a box,
tear off the lid,
then think of a number,
don't think an answer.
Open your eyes,
think of a number,
don't get sweapt under,
a number's a number.

a chance encounter
you want to avoid:
the inevitable.
so ya do,
oh yes ya do,
the impossible.

Now you ain't got a number,
you just wanna rhumba,
and there ain't no way you're gonna go under
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exact On Apr 20, 2004
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its about infidelity

No, it's about how you can't dance with half a girl.

SuicideNow, I spoke to Colin Newman when I posted that in 2007. Rhumba in this case doesn't denote dancing. It is about infidelity.

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The first time I took acid, this song was playing just before it came on...made a lot of sense. Boxes, numbers, infinity...ah, I dunno. A lot of post-punk stuff (paticularly Wire and Talking Heads) seems to have elements of examining the LSD experience from a more realist perspective than 60's/70's psychedelia.

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OMG no comments? This song is awesome but does it have a meaning?

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themagnetc: the text is correct, the singer actually says:"don't think of an answer"

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the meaning???

Cover art for Three Girl Rhumba lyrics by Wire

It's meditative punk. Try to take yourself away from a situation you're thinking or fretting about. Get up from out of your own arse and enjoy what you have, not what you have not.

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what's interesting and might gets you into another perception of the song, at least to me, is that it sounds like he's sayin' ''Think of her no more''

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dressed2depressed...i don't think your comment really helped the cause at all.

i think there's a flaw in the lyrics up there. i think it should be "don't think of a letter", instead of, "don't think of an answer."

i can't figure out where the girl comes from in the title. "three" probably comes from thinking of a number and "rhumba" from the penultimate line