First of all, this is an awesome song - as is Eli's Coming. Anyway...
WTF does surry mean?
My guess is it is supposed to be 'surrey', which is an old time carriage. This is totally consistent with the lyrics (after the word is changed into a verb). Especially when you read this definition of a surrey which I found:
google searches on the lyrics for this song return about a 4:1 ratio of people using 'surry' over using 'surrey'. I'm not sure which spelling Laura Nyro originally used, but I'm placing my bet on 'surrey'.
BTW There is another song with reference to a surrey, "Surrey with the Fringe on Top", which comes from the old musical "Oklahoma"
Laura wrote that line " can you surrey" without any specific reference to carriages or other such things but as merely an artistic expression. Read her biography and they way she wrote songs was often based on ' colors and emotions " that she herself felt
Laura wrote that line " can you surrey" without any specific reference to carriages or other such things but as merely an artistic expression. Read her biography and they way she wrote songs was often based on ' colors and emotions " that she herself felt
First of all, this is an awesome song - as is Eli's Coming. Anyway...
WTF does surry mean?
My guess is it is supposed to be 'surrey', which is an old time carriage. This is totally consistent with the lyrics (after the word is changed into a verb). Especially when you read this definition of a surrey which I found:
"... two-seated pleasure carriage ..."
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey_%28carriage%29 )
google searches on the lyrics for this song return about a 4:1 ratio of people using 'surry' over using 'surrey'. I'm not sure which spelling Laura Nyro originally used, but I'm placing my bet on 'surrey'.
BTW There is another song with reference to a surrey, "Surrey with the Fringe on Top", which comes from the old musical "Oklahoma"
Laura wrote that line " can you surrey" without any specific reference to carriages or other such things but as merely an artistic expression. Read her biography and they way she wrote songs was often based on ' colors and emotions " that she herself felt
Laura wrote that line " can you surrey" without any specific reference to carriages or other such things but as merely an artistic expression. Read her biography and they way she wrote songs was often based on ' colors and emotions " that she herself felt