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The catch the crux and the rub
Boys
I never got home
Boys
So I'm howling all night with the cats
Boys
In Ye-ru-sha-lay-im
Boys
I kept my fingers crossed and my stomach in knots
Boys
Doing whatever the hell I want
Boys
Always pissed off but never been caught
Boys
In Ye-ru-sha-lay-im
Boys
I met you running away from home
Boys
You were just loving it all
Boys
Keep on running until you get
Boys
To Ye-ru-sha-lay-im
Boys
I been fettered and I been free
Boys
I been fed up with what's expected of me
Boys
That's my damn own fault now innit
Boys
Now Ye-ru-sha-lay-im
Boys
Irresponsible divine
Never saving a dime
Feast or famine that's just fine
Hell everything will be fine
Idealist divine
You're a terrible liar
This is a trickster's world
Trickster makes this world
Ye-ru-sha-lay-im
Boys

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orgnizedcnfuzion On Jul 28, 2006

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by TylerMangus

15y ago

Um, in these lyrics, I think they spelled Jerusalem in it's Hebrew format.

Basically, the song is about someone who runs away from home and starts a nomadic life, similar to the content of Ladies and Gentlemen of the Road. He's fed up with what his parents and others expected of him and he's going to live in his own standards. He's living like a stray cat, experiencing the best and worst life can bring.

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by joshDC 14y ago

you're right, that is the hebrew transliteration of Jerusalem, even though Jack sounds like he's saying it in English. It sounds to me like a common Jerusalem experience (I lived in Israel for a while), in which someone goes there with certain expectations which quickly break down. To me it sounds like a religious person who went on a pilgrimage who realized how much fun it is to not be religious.

The reference to the cats is just a response to the number of stray cats in Jerusalem. The British released cats all over their mandate in order to...

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