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Strange Weather Lyrics
(T. Waits/K. Brennan) Jalma Music (ASCAP)
Will you take me across the Channel
London Bridge is falling down
strange, a woman tries to save
more than a man will try to drown
and it's the rain that they predicted
it's the forecast ev'ry time
the rose has died because you picked it,
I believe that brandy's mine
And all over the world
strangers talk only about the weather
All over the world it's the same,
it's the same!
And the world is getting flatter
and the sky is falling all around
oh, and nothing is the matter
for I'll never cry in town
and a love like ours, my dear,
is best measured when it's down
and I never buy umbrellas
Ôcause there's always one around
And you know that it's beginning
and you know that it's the end
once again we are strangers
as the fog goes rolling in
and all over the world
strangers talk only about the weather
All over the world it's the same,
it's the same!
It's the same!
London Bridge is falling down
strange, a woman tries to save
more than a man will try to drown
and it's the rain that they predicted
it's the forecast ev'ry time
the rose has died because you picked it,
I believe that brandy's mine
strangers talk only about the weather
All over the world it's the same,
it's the same!
and the sky is falling all around
oh, and nothing is the matter
for I'll never cry in town
and a love like ours, my dear,
is best measured when it's down
and I never buy umbrellas
Ôcause there's always one around
and you know that it's the end
once again we are strangers
as the fog goes rolling in
strangers talk only about the weather
All over the world it's the same,
it's the same!
It's the same!
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I love the Emily Haines/Metric cover of this song. Coupled with her voice and the lyrics with their beautiful simplicity this song truly is fantastic.
Interpretation:
For me this song is about deteriorating culture. "And the world is getting flatter and the sky is falling all around" I take this as the rise of bigotry and sensationalism found in deteriorating cultures.
THIS SONG IS AHHHMAZING!
the secon stanza makes me think of the way men and women in the country where I grew up might approach a litter of kittens.
And he's right later about 'a love like ours' and 'umbrellas' - there always does seem to be one around...
the secon stanza makes me think of the way men and women in the country where I grew up might approach a litter of kittens.
And he's right later about 'a love like ours' and 'umbrellas' - there always does seem to be one around...