Lyric discussion by Girog 

Cover art for Ana Ng lyrics by They Might Be Giants

I love this song, except my inner scientist dies every time I hear "The water spirals the wrong way out the sink".

The Coriolis Effect doesn't work that way! The water drains the same way no matter where you are!

There's no "like" button on this site... so I'll just comment that i agree.... and I referenced you in my main post on this thread.

@Girog True - but it doesn't matter. The narrator is imagining the place where she lives and if he thinks the water swirls the other direction, well, that's part of his fantasy.

@Girog But it's a joke, a common trope. Like "seeing red" on a bullfighter's cape as a bull.