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Marone Offering Lyrics
There's a rapping, a rapping, rapping at my window
Something dark is in the offing, offing
There's a bonfire, bonfire on the Fenway
I can hear policemen coughing (Coughing), offing
Marone offering
Offing
I met you on a rat date, rat date by the river, river
The bonfires on the Fenway stretched away forever, ever
You got to put it somewhere, why not leave it where it is?
That's what they say about water
Offing
I met you on a rat date
Offing, offing
Marone offering
Something dark is in the offing (Something dark is in the offing)
Something dark is on the Fenway (Something dark is on the Fenway)
There's a bonfire on the Fenway (There's a bonfire)
I can hear the whole night yawning
There's blood on my knees, blood on my knees
I'm falling (Stalling), falling on a jackknife
Marone offering
There's a bright light on the Fenway
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
Marone
Marone
Offing, offing, offing, offing
Offing, offing, offing, offing
Something dark is in the offing, offing
There's a bonfire, bonfire on the Fenway
I can hear policemen coughing (Coughing), offing
Marone offering
Offing
The bonfires on the Fenway stretched away forever, ever
You got to put it somewhere, why not leave it where it is?
That's what they say about water
Offing
I met you on a rat date
Offing, offing
Marone offering
Something dark is on the Fenway (Something dark is on the Fenway)
There's a bonfire on the Fenway (There's a bonfire)
I can hear the whole night yawning
There's blood on my knees, blood on my knees
I'm falling (Stalling), falling on a jackknife
Marone offering
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
It's just a five-minute walk away
Marone
Marone
Offing, offing, offing, offing
Offing, offing, offing, offing
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Submitted by
mcsmeister On May 12, 2021
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I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be "raft date" instead of "rat date"
Also, when I first bought the album (sometime in the 80s) I always thought the lyric was "it's justified when you walk away" which I thought was pretty deep.
@randyripoff These lyrics are taken from the album's lyric sheet, which reads "rat date" and "it's just a five-minute walk away".
@randyripoff These lyrics are taken from the album's lyric sheet, which reads "rat date" and "it's just a five-minute walk away".
Like the following song on the album, Pound, this one has a driving persistent beat. I have always thought the song was about the temptation of anonymous gay sex. The Fenway was well-known at the time for gay cruising. The "river" in the song is likely the Fenway's Muddy River rather than Boston's Charles River. The police are present, keeping a lookout for public sex. There is danger cruising amid the darkened trees, of course, as suggested by references to blood and jackknife. It was not unusual for gay men to be mugged or beaten while cruising. The temptation remains persistent, however, as the Fenway remains "just a 5 minute walk away." I don't have an explanation for the term "rat date" or "Marone offering."