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coastline
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Posted - 07/19/2006 :  10:09:59  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Has anyone figured out the lyrics to "Rabbit Song," which is on the recent Cafe du Nord recording? If I'm not mistaken (and I usually am), some of it appears to be in another language.

I couldn't see the rabbits /
hiding out of view /
Nay-ga-bye /
Nay-due /
I couldn't see the rabbits /
hiding out of view

WTF?

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fbc
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/19/2006 :  13:27:04  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I think this was what some forum minds came up with:

We rode along
The fields of green
I didn’t know it was my last scene
ne'er goodbye, nay adieu
I couldn’t see the rabbits hiding out of view

Maybe light caught in my eye
an' we were thrown into the wild ride
I hope you know
My love was true
I couldn’t see the rabbits hiding out of view

There is a hole
For every soul
I slipped right through
I couldn’t see the rabbits hiding out of view
ne'er goodbye, nay adieu
I couldn’t see the rabbits hiding out of you

Maybe light caught in my eye
an' we were thrown into the wild ride
I hope you know
My love was true
I couldn’t see the rabbits hiding out of view


http://forum.frankblack.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15654&SearchTerms=,adieu

Some very very old english, me thinks.
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coastline
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Posted - 07/19/2006 :  15:49:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sounds good. English, indeed, though very old, like you say, fbc. The other great thing about this performance is the way he sings "There is a hole / For every soul." I can't remember him being all Joe Cocker-y like that before.

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floop
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Mexico
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Posted - 07/19/2006 :  15:52:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i love this song and Dead Man's Curve from that performance. it it only me who thinks he sounds kind of screaming Tom Waits-ish on Dead Man's Curve?




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fbc
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Posted - 07/20/2006 :  01:55:23  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
it's exciting isn't it. these and more songs are out there ready for recording. the best thing about Frank is always what's around the corner.
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scruvs
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Posted - 07/20/2006 :  12:15:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
not sure if the screaming is Tom Waits-ish, but I do love the screaming.


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