Lyric discussion by 1940lasalle 

Cover art for Shooting Shark lyrics by Blue Öyster Cult

First, two corrections:

  1. It's "Accept the chains of loving; accept OR ELSE remove yourself..."
  2. It's "Three times, my BONE'S gone dry.."

Anyhow, it boils down to the classic male dilemma about women: can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. If I've had a dust-up with the woman in my life, this is one of a handful of tunes that goes on the CD at Saturn V liftoff volume, with much whisky consumed.

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good call and a perfect antidote for partner strife, i used to listen to eyes on fire for unrequainted affections with a nice tumbler of jack good old BOC the band of the broken hearts :-)