Posted by tomw on March 31, 2004, 7:53 pm, in reply to "Big Bill's Long Tall Mama" --Previous Message--
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...I'll take a shot at this Pud, even though I'm not 100% sure of the bumble bee analogy, either...the male bumble bee has no stinger, only the female, so, in the lyric 'to satisfy that woman takes more than a bumble bee' could mean that, without a 'stinger' he can't take care of business, so to speak...
: Can anyone help me get this lyric for last
: verse of Big Bill's Long Tall Mama? And your
: interpretation would be appreciated, too.
: Thanks.
: Yeah shes long and tall, mama, handsome and
: (or "half-as"?) sweet as she can be
: Said shes long and tall, mama, handsome and
: (or "half-as"?) sweet as she can be
: To satisfy that woman, takes more than a
: bumble-bee (bumble-bee?
: And that's because??? Could it be that he
: messes around, "stings" one time
: and then dies???)
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