With the Birthday Party, you're lucky if you can make out all the words, never mind know what they mean! I think Gun is sitting around his room, drunk as a skunk, because his woman done left him. Very old story but doesn't sound remotely traditional. "Fingers down the throat of love" - fantastic chorus! Not sure of the exact meaning, but very violent image.
With the Birthday Party, you're lucky if you can make out all the words, never mind know what they mean! I think Gun is sitting around his room, drunk as a skunk, because his woman done left him. Very old story but doesn't sound remotely traditional. "Fingers down the throat of love" - fantastic chorus! Not sure of the exact meaning, but very violent image.