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Whiskey Tango Lyrics
You accuse me of fancy talk
When i'm just trying to find my words
You've got a funny way of saying my name
Like I just ripped it off
These whiskey tango ghosts
Won't leave us alone
But you are too polite to complain
Of the art of speaking plain
I haven't gathered a thing
While I know we're dug in deep here
Why can't we live high with the wind
You're just a freckle away from changing everything
I'll make this easy
By calling on my gypsy pedigree
These whiskey tango ghosts
Won't leave us alone
Of the art of speaking plain
I haven't gathered a thing
While I know we're dug in deep here
Why can't we live high with the wind
Can't we live
Of the art of making waves
I had my lesson in spades
And these ghosts they make it plain
They're never going away
And my ghost she makes it plain
I haven't gathered a thing
Though I know we're dug in deep here
Why can't we live high with the wind
Can't we live
When i'm just trying to find my words
You've got a funny way of saying my name
Like I just ripped it off
Won't leave us alone
But you are too polite to complain
Of the art of speaking plain
I haven't gathered a thing
Why can't we live high with the wind
You're just a freckle away from changing everything
I'll make this easy
By calling on my gypsy pedigree
Won't leave us alone
Of the art of speaking plain
I haven't gathered a thing
Why can't we live high with the wind
Can't we live
I had my lesson in spades
And these ghosts they make it plain
They're never going away
I haven't gathered a thing
Though I know we're dug in deep here
Why can't we live high with the wind
Can't we live
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One of my favourite Tanya songs ever. Great rhythm in this song and "Of the art of speaking plain I haven't gathered a thing"
So i could be way off- but here's my interpretation.
Whiskey tango is a reference to "white trash" and her reference to using complex language implies a relationship with someone "from the wrong side of the tracks" For some reason they are not able to have a relationship, and he/she is ready to make that leap, but she bails, for the greater good- (by calling on my gypsy pedigree)
But thoughts of him won't go away. she laments the loss of him/her and wishes they could be together.
Maybe its just my own situation that makes this song so meaningful, and so like my experience. Or maybe i'm all off :)
Ps. I referenced the love as him/her leaning toward "her" because the ghost is referred to as "her"