Round John Virgin is term used for commonly misheard lyrics: Examples: "There's a bathroom on the right" instead of "There's a bad moon on the rise" (CCR); or it's namesake "Round John Virgin" instead of "Round yon virgin" in Silent Night. Maybe, in this song, the lyrics are "and I broke your chord" instead of what I heard: "and I broke your code".
Since the voice in the song believes he has figured out what the caller is all about (And I broke your code), there is nothing in the world that will make him react to the calling:
The sun may shine right through your tooth, dear
And the wind may blow right through my ear.
The sun shining right through the caller's tooth reminds me of the saying, "He's lying through his teeth." The constant repetition of the lines adds to the voice's fixed stance. The sales pitch at the end threads together a theme: "I'm not buying what you're selling."
However...
Perhaps the purpose of the "Round John Virgin" discussion in the beginning of the song may speak to the disconnect between speaker and listener. Sometimes what you trying to convey is not what the other person perceives. This undermines the voice's conviction that he has the caller all figured out.
Someone did a dream sequence on youtube to this song... If you want to hear it: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6mR--73tj2s
Round John Virgin is term used for commonly misheard lyrics: Examples: "There's a bathroom on the right" instead of "There's a bad moon on the rise" (CCR); or it's namesake "Round John Virgin" instead of "Round yon virgin" in Silent Night. Maybe, in this song, the lyrics are "and I broke your chord" instead of what I heard: "and I broke your code".
Since the voice in the song believes he has figured out what the caller is all about (And I broke your code), there is nothing in the world that will make him react to the calling: The sun may shine right through your tooth, dear And the wind may blow right through my ear. The sun shining right through the caller's tooth reminds me of the saying, "He's lying through his teeth." The constant repetition of the lines adds to the voice's fixed stance. The sales pitch at the end threads together a theme: "I'm not buying what you're selling."
However... Perhaps the purpose of the "Round John Virgin" discussion in the beginning of the song may speak to the disconnect between speaker and listener. Sometimes what you trying to convey is not what the other person perceives. This undermines the voice's conviction that he has the caller all figured out.