I was 13 when I got the Undercover album for christmas. Not a bad album really, and this song grabbed my attention straight away. The guitar style (chuck berry) was the hook for me, and I did enjoy the lyrics (what 13 y.o. wouldnt). However, I could never quite figure out what the lyrics were in the last verse. it sounded like some fancy french to me.. figured he was quoting some famous foreign poetry, or trying to sneak in some adult themed lyric under the guise of another language.
But looking at the real lyrics to the last verse now, I am pleasantly surprised with the imagery:
Down the avenue
Into the lost bayou
Into the tall bamboo
Into the human zoo
I wish you all the best
I hope we meet again
In a cold Chicago night
Very appropriate wrap-up of a song dripping with animalistic primal behavior.
I was 13 when I got the Undercover album for christmas. Not a bad album really, and this song grabbed my attention straight away. The guitar style (chuck berry) was the hook for me, and I did enjoy the lyrics (what 13 y.o. wouldnt). However, I could never quite figure out what the lyrics were in the last verse. it sounded like some fancy french to me.. figured he was quoting some famous foreign poetry, or trying to sneak in some adult themed lyric under the guise of another language.
But looking at the real lyrics to the last verse now, I am pleasantly surprised with the imagery:
Down the avenue Into the lost bayou Into the tall bamboo Into the human zoo I wish you all the best I hope we meet again In a cold Chicago night
Very appropriate wrap-up of a song dripping with animalistic primal behavior.