Onomatopoeia Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Swan.fred@hmail.com 

Cover art for Onomatopoeia lyrics by John Prine

I love this tune but never checked out the words and they're great, too! Another song ala Pink Floyd's "Have A Cigar" (but with more of a sense of humor) about clueless agents and show promoters! I gotta say I get lost on the chorus though. Bang! went the pistol Crash! Went the window Ouch! Went the son of a gun Onomatopoeia I don't want to see ya Speaking in a foreign tongue. Is it the artists shooting at the agents saying that they're speaking nonsense (Onomatopoeia/Speaking in a foreign tongue) or is the artist trying to escape or what? Great tune and interpretive lyrics!