This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Sane, sane, they're all insane
Fireman's blind, the conductor's lame
A Cincinnati jacket and a sad luck dame
Hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
Said roar, roar, the thunder and the roar
Son bitch is never coming back here no more
The moon in the window and a bird on the pole
We can always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
Said steam, steam, a hundred bad dreams
Going up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans
A fifty dollar bill inside a paladin's hat
And nobody's sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at
Roar, roar, the thunder and the roar
Son bitch is never coming back here no more
Moon in the window and a bird on the pole
Always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
I said steam, steam, we're a hundred bad dreams
Going up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans
A fifty dollar bill inside a paladin's hat
And nobody's sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at
Shine, shine, a Roosevelt dime
All the way to Baltimore and running out of time
The Salvation Army seemed to wind up in the hole
They all went to heaven in a little row boat
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
Well, clap hands, yeah, well, clap hands, yeah
Oh, clap hands, clap hands
Fireman's blind, the conductor's lame
A Cincinnati jacket and a sad luck dame
Hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
Said roar, roar, the thunder and the roar
Son bitch is never coming back here no more
The moon in the window and a bird on the pole
We can always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
Said steam, steam, a hundred bad dreams
Going up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans
A fifty dollar bill inside a paladin's hat
And nobody's sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at
Roar, roar, the thunder and the roar
Son bitch is never coming back here no more
Moon in the window and a bird on the pole
Always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
I said steam, steam, we're a hundred bad dreams
Going up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans
A fifty dollar bill inside a paladin's hat
And nobody's sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at
Shine, shine, a Roosevelt dime
All the way to Baltimore and running out of time
The Salvation Army seemed to wind up in the hole
They all went to heaven in a little row boat
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
Clap hands, clap hands
Well, clap hands, yeah, well, clap hands, yeah
Oh, clap hands, clap hands
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Clap Hands Lyrics as written by Thomas Alan Waits
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I think this song may be telling story. There are three characters: a man, his adulterous wife or girlfriend, and the wealthy man the women has the affair with. The women left the singer via a train. But the train is not only the method of travel but associated with the motivation for travel. The train is characterized by insanity and delusion as the firemen and conductor are handicapped; This points to the irrationality of the women's decision to leave. The wealthy man the women is seeking is shoveling coal, not physically, but he is the driving force behind her transportation, her motivation for leaving. The roar is the sound of the train, the steam is produced by the train, which also produces a hundred bad dreams. I imagine the Moon in the window and a bird on the pole is the image the singer sees as he is looking out the window pondering how to respond. His decision is bold; He travels to Harlem with $50 seeking revenge. He doesn't find Mr. Knickerbocker, presumably the singers name for the wealthy man. He heads to Baltimore and upon finding them "They all went to heaven." He is alluding to the playground chant morbid moraq stated in his comment throughout the song because the singer feels the story to be pleasing and satisfying from the killers point of view because bad behavior was punished, even though the end was ripe with catastrophe.
Awesome song!!! <br /> <br /> well my interpritation of this song is; it's a song about the common man being sent to war, the fireman the conductor and how these people, when and if they come back are never the same again, or sane! <br /> <br /> "we can an always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal" is refering to how, in times of war, the wealthy are content to do the donky work, whilst the working class are being killed and maimed in action. <br /> <br /> "Roar, roar, the thunder and the roar" could this be the sound of war.<br /> <br /> "A fifty-dollar bill inside a palladin's hat" Reference to a palladin, which is a sword fighter/soldier.<br /> <br /> "And nobody's sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at" could this be a reference to the fact that, the ice-cream man no longer drives by, as he too has met an unlucky end?<br /> <br /> <br />