I have only ever heard a live version of this song and it contains
"Levi Stubbs' tears run down his face"
that line, but I'm sure it must be a mistake. Unless she is meant to be crying on somebodies sholder.
It's about a girl who makes some wrong choices in life (running away from home and marrying a complete w*nker) and lives a sad lonely existance. Very bleak song.
@Comrade_Liar -- you might have it figured out by now, but the girl is not crying. In the course of the song she is listening to songs sung by Levi Stubbs, who was the lead singer of the Four Tops, and the presumption is that he is crying as he sings his song(s). It is probably not accurate but that's the basis of the title and chorus of the song. The reference to tears could be literal but more likely it is to the highly emotional, despairing character of the lyrics to some of the Four Tops' songs.
@Comrade_Liar -- you might have it figured out by now, but the girl is not crying. In the course of the song she is listening to songs sung by Levi Stubbs, who was the lead singer of the Four Tops, and the presumption is that he is crying as he sings his song(s). It is probably not accurate but that's the basis of the title and chorus of the song. The reference to tears could be literal but more likely it is to the highly emotional, despairing character of the lyrics to some of the Four Tops' songs.
I have only ever heard a live version of this song and it contains
"Levi Stubbs' tears run down his face"
It's about a girl who makes some wrong choices in life (running away from home and marrying a complete w*nker) and lives a sad lonely existance. Very bleak song.
@Comrade_Liar -- you might have it figured out by now, but the girl is not crying. In the course of the song she is listening to songs sung by Levi Stubbs, who was the lead singer of the Four Tops, and the presumption is that he is crying as he sings his song(s). It is probably not accurate but that's the basis of the title and chorus of the song. The reference to tears could be literal but more likely it is to the highly emotional, despairing character of the lyrics to some of the Four Tops' songs.
@Comrade_Liar -- you might have it figured out by now, but the girl is not crying. In the course of the song she is listening to songs sung by Levi Stubbs, who was the lead singer of the Four Tops, and the presumption is that he is crying as he sings his song(s). It is probably not accurate but that's the basis of the title and chorus of the song. The reference to tears could be literal but more likely it is to the highly emotional, despairing character of the lyrics to some of the Four Tops' songs.