All right, I'll try:).
Tough I'm not verry good at being brief, I'm afraid.
So, "Cold aeroplains" , "slow botes" and "Warm Trains"
Are uncomartable ways of travelling.
In this case, away from your loved one.
But even the "Lush hotels and Pretty girls" won't push away the toughts about her.
He wonders why he hasn't felt this way about her before.
The next part go's on about how the toughts about her keep him from sleeping and let him write this song.
"Magpies that shriek , old boots that leak, call me to jack-a-lynn"
Lovely line.
Well, leaking boots are bad, that's obivous.
The shrieking of a Magpie might be found an awfull sound(though I love it).
And Magpies used to be bad omens and cruse bringers in the old folk lores.
As are black cats.
The next bit is a guess.
But black cats searching Policeman's hats for mice, might mean something like, that there is no order or justice where he is(whatever far away country it may be).
Since the bad one(Cat) is shacing after the policemen(mice) instead of the other way around.
All of that makes him wish he were home with his girl.
That's my thought, hope it's a bit clear.
I interpret the song to be about his cat and not a woman as we assume until the end. Coal black cats in policemen's hats nosing where the mice have been. That's his cat, Jack-a-Lynn, who is snooping around the house looking for mice. That is also why he imagines the long meow while he's far from home. What a great song musically and lyrically.
I interpret the song to be about his cat and not a woman as we assume until the end. Coal black cats in policemen's hats nosing where the mice have been. That's his cat, Jack-a-Lynn, who is snooping around the house looking for mice. That is also why he imagines the long meow while he's far from home. What a great song musically and lyrically.
All right, I'll try:). Tough I'm not verry good at being brief, I'm afraid.
So, "Cold aeroplains" , "slow botes" and "Warm Trains" Are uncomartable ways of travelling. In this case, away from your loved one. But even the "Lush hotels and Pretty girls" won't push away the toughts about her. He wonders why he hasn't felt this way about her before.
The next part go's on about how the toughts about her keep him from sleeping and let him write this song.
"Magpies that shriek , old boots that leak, call me to jack-a-lynn" Lovely line. Well, leaking boots are bad, that's obivous. The shrieking of a Magpie might be found an awfull sound(though I love it). And Magpies used to be bad omens and cruse bringers in the old folk lores. As are black cats. The next bit is a guess. But black cats searching Policeman's hats for mice, might mean something like, that there is no order or justice where he is(whatever far away country it may be). Since the bad one(Cat) is shacing after the policemen(mice) instead of the other way around.
All of that makes him wish he were home with his girl. That's my thought, hope it's a bit clear.
I interpret the song to be about his cat and not a woman as we assume until the end. Coal black cats in policemen's hats nosing where the mice have been. That's his cat, Jack-a-Lynn, who is snooping around the house looking for mice. That is also why he imagines the long meow while he's far from home. What a great song musically and lyrically.
I interpret the song to be about his cat and not a woman as we assume until the end. Coal black cats in policemen's hats nosing where the mice have been. That's his cat, Jack-a-Lynn, who is snooping around the house looking for mice. That is also why he imagines the long meow while he's far from home. What a great song musically and lyrically.