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Crystal Clear Lyrics
At 4:00
Just after work
I got my check
I held my breath
The phone wrings tell them I ain't never here
The over under
Made a blunder
I gave my cell phone
To my cousin
He plays the threats I get to his friends at school
I board the dog
At Uncle Nicky's
I put my hood up
I have to run out
You welched the bet I'm soaking wet too close to an OTB
I took a train
Got off at Trenton
Bought a ticket
A bus to Vinton
Won't stop sweating till I get to Davenport
On the bridge
On the bus
Bye bye Moline
Look at the water
Filthy dirty cloudy muddy messy mucky crystal clear
I got my palm read
For $7.50
She looked me over
I bought crystal
Filthy dirty cloudy muddy messy mucky crystal clear
Filthy dirty cloudy muddy messy mucky crystal clear
Just after work
I got my check
I held my breath
The phone wrings tell them I ain't never here
Made a blunder
I gave my cell phone
To my cousin
He plays the threats I get to his friends at school
At Uncle Nicky's
I put my hood up
I have to run out
You welched the bet I'm soaking wet too close to an OTB
Got off at Trenton
Bought a ticket
A bus to Vinton
Won't stop sweating till I get to Davenport
On the bus
Bye bye Moline
Look at the water
Filthy dirty cloudy muddy messy mucky crystal clear
For $7.50
She looked me over
I bought crystal
Filthy dirty cloudy muddy messy mucky crystal clear
Filthy dirty cloudy muddy messy mucky crystal clear
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Submitted by
airyca On Dec 24, 2004
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This is one of my favorite FF songs, I think it's about her getting too much money in her paycheck and trying to avoid the wrath of her employers. But who knows...
I think it's about someone at work, getting they're paycheck and it's not enough. They gotta pay someone, which is why they're getting threats on their cell, and now they're on the run... but what's OTB?
this song is so damn trendy... i like the magical video game sounds. :)
@ TheLoneInsomniac: OTB is Off Track Betting, which fits in with my theory of the song.
I think she has a problem with gambling. She is trying to escape from her bookie. Her phone ringing and her ignoring it, as well as her giving her Cell Phone to her Cousin is a way of saying that she's trying to get away from the large amount of debts she's amassed.
That's what I get for the first half of the song. The second half isn't quite as Crystal Clear.