Um, in these lyrics, I think they spelled Jerusalem in it's Hebrew format.
Basically, the song is about someone who runs away from home and starts a nomadic life, similar to the content of Ladies and Gentlemen of the Road. He's fed up with what his parents and others expected of him and he's going to live in his own standards. He's living like a stray cat, experiencing the best and worst life can bring.
you're right, that is the hebrew transliteration of Jerusalem, even though Jack sounds like he's saying it in English. It sounds to me like a common Jerusalem experience (I lived in Israel for a while), in which someone goes there with certain expectations which quickly break down. To me it sounds like a religious person who went on a pilgrimage who realized how much fun it is to not be religious.
you're right, that is the hebrew transliteration of Jerusalem, even though Jack sounds like he's saying it in English. It sounds to me like a common Jerusalem experience (I lived in Israel for a while), in which someone goes there with certain expectations which quickly break down. To me it sounds like a religious person who went on a pilgrimage who realized how much fun it is to not be religious.
The reference to the cats is just a response to the number of stray cats in Jerusalem. The British released cats all over their mandate in order to...
The reference to the cats is just a response to the number of stray cats in Jerusalem. The British released cats all over their mandate in order to control the rat infestations. now they have a cat infestation instead.
Um, in these lyrics, I think they spelled Jerusalem in it's Hebrew format.
Basically, the song is about someone who runs away from home and starts a nomadic life, similar to the content of Ladies and Gentlemen of the Road. He's fed up with what his parents and others expected of him and he's going to live in his own standards. He's living like a stray cat, experiencing the best and worst life can bring.
you're right, that is the hebrew transliteration of Jerusalem, even though Jack sounds like he's saying it in English. It sounds to me like a common Jerusalem experience (I lived in Israel for a while), in which someone goes there with certain expectations which quickly break down. To me it sounds like a religious person who went on a pilgrimage who realized how much fun it is to not be religious.
you're right, that is the hebrew transliteration of Jerusalem, even though Jack sounds like he's saying it in English. It sounds to me like a common Jerusalem experience (I lived in Israel for a while), in which someone goes there with certain expectations which quickly break down. To me it sounds like a religious person who went on a pilgrimage who realized how much fun it is to not be religious.
The reference to the cats is just a response to the number of stray cats in Jerusalem. The British released cats all over their mandate in order to...
The reference to the cats is just a response to the number of stray cats in Jerusalem. The British released cats all over their mandate in order to control the rat infestations. now they have a cat infestation instead.