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Apollo Bay Lyrics
My head was really hurting
I had to take her to Apollo Bay
My head was really hurting
I had to take her to Apollo Bay
All my downtime makes me restless
All my small-talk make me nervous
My head was really hurting
I had to take her to Apollo Bay
Vietnamese and six or seven VB's
Vietnamese and six or seven VB's
All my days stretch out before me
All my nights just get away from me
Vietnamese and six or seven VB's
All twelve apostles can't be seen from the shore
All twelve apostles they can't be seen from the shore
Some hide behind the others
there's always people taking pictures.
All twelve apostles were convinced that they were walking with their savior
Gonna drive around, gonna come down the coast by myself
Gonna drive around, gonna come down the coast by myself
All my days stretch out before me
And my nights just go to hell
Gonna drive around, gonna come down the coast by myself
I had to take her to Apollo Bay
My head was really hurting
I had to take her to Apollo Bay
All my small-talk make me nervous
I had to take her to Apollo Bay
Vietnamese and six or seven VB's
All my nights just get away from me
All twelve apostles they can't be seen from the shore
there's always people taking pictures.
Gonna drive around, gonna come down the coast by myself
And my nights just go to hell
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Figured I'd have a go at translating this for non-aussies.
Apollo Bay is a coastal town about 190kms along the coast from Melbourne, Australia. You drive along the Great Ocean Road to get there. While there you could drink a VB (Victoria Bitter) which is a fairly popular but unexciting beer found in most pubs in the state of Victoria. The Twelve Apostles are a bunch of rocks that can be seen from the Great Ocean Road. They rise up out of the ocean and are pretty impressive. There are no longer 12 though. Erosion has collapsed a few of them so there are only 7 or 8 left. Sounds like Craig Finn went for a drive while on tour or holiday perhaps.
Thanks for this - I suspected it might be set in Australia when the only google search for 'VB' was Victoria Bitter.
Thanks for this - I suspected it might be set in Australia when the only google search for 'VB' was Victoria Bitter.
Pretty much sums it up. I imagine the Vietnamese is a reference to Richmond, Victoria. The Hold Steady played at the Corner Hotel (in Richmond) in 2009 and it there are a lot of Vietnamese restaurants in the area.
Pretty much sums it up. I imagine the Vietnamese is a reference to Richmond, Victoria. The Hold Steady played at the Corner Hotel (in Richmond) in 2009 and it there are a lot of Vietnamese restaurants in the area.
Pretty much sums it up. I imagine the Vietnamese is a reference to Richmond, Victoria. The Hold Steady played at the Corner Hotel (in Richmond) in 2009 and it there are a lot of Vietnamese restaurants in the area.
Pretty much sums it up. I imagine the Vietnamese is a reference to Richmond, Victoria. The Hold Steady played at the Corner Hotel (in Richmond) in 2009 and it there are a lot of Vietnamese restaurants in the area.