Spinning Around in the Air
Poetic Praise and Melodic Devotion
Lyrics
Let me give praise to your sparkling eyes
Expressing admiration for the person's attractive eyes.
And your coloured hair
Complimenting the individual's colored hair.
Let me spend ages on poetic phrases
Desiring to use poetic language to express care for the person.
To show I care
Expressing a willingness to go to great lengths to show care.
Let me go grazing on dappled green pastures
Using imagery of grazing in green pastures, possibly metaphorical for enjoying a harmonious relationship.
Where you're the mare let me rephrase that
Playfully referring to the person as a mare, followed by a reconsideration for a better expression.
I think there's a better line there
Expressing a desire to find a better way to convey feelings.
Spinning around in the air
Reference to a joyful and carefree state of being, possibly related to the positive feelings in a relationship.
Let me donate something to a kid's charity
Expressing a willingness to make charitable donations for the person's choice.
Of your choice
Offering to be a traitor if it makes the person happy, referencing historical figure William Joyce.
For you I would willingly be a worse traitor
Expressing a desire to sing a song for the person, invoking Sam Cooke's voice.
Than William Joyce
Playfully reconsidering the previous line, seeking a better expression.
If I could sing I would sing you a song
Reiterating the desire to find a better way to convey feelings.
In Sam Cooke's voice let me rephrase that
Repeating the joyful and carefree state of being mentioned earlier.
I think there's a better line there
Expressing a desire to confirm the person's happiness, seeking acknowledgment.
Spinning around in the air
Reiterating the inquiry about the person's happiness with a playful tone.
Are you happy now? Say yeah, yeah, yeah
Asking where it hurts, possibly referring to emotional pain.
Are you really happy now?
Playfully specifying areas of supposed pain, using humor.
Say yeah, yeah, yeah tell me where it hurts
Mentioning adverbs and nouns, possibly symbolic of the elements that make up language.
It hurts there and there and there
Repeating the joyful and carefree state of being mentioned earlier.
Adverbs and nouns juicy and round
Reiterating the inquiry about the person's happiness with a playful tone.
Spinning around in the air
Mentioning adverbs and nouns again, reinforcing the importance of language.
Are you happy now? Say yeah, yeah, yeah
Repeating the inquiry about the person's happiness with a playful tone.
Are you really happy now?
Reiterating the joyful and carefree state of being mentioned earlier.
Say yeah, yeah, yeah tell me where it hurts
Repeating the inquiry about the person's happiness with a playful tone.
It hurts there and there and there
Playfully specifying areas of supposed pain, using humor.
Adverbs and nouns juicy and round
Mentioning adverbs and nouns, possibly symbolic of the elements that make up language.
Spinning around in the air
Reiterating the importance of language, possibly in the context of communication.
Madam Onassis took Ari's old glasses
Referencing Jackie Onassis and her observation of ships, possibly alluding to the unpredictability of life.
And put them on she said "I see ships" and
Continuing the reference to Jackie Onassis and her whimsical observation.
She started to quip about old Boston
Quipping about old Boston, possibly introducing humor into the narrative.
I climbed over her just to climb upon you
Describing climbing over someone to reach another person, questioning what went wrong.
What did I do wrong? Let me rephrase that
Expressing a desire to find a better way to convey actions or emotions.
I think there's a better line there
Playfully reconsidering the previous line, seeking a better expression.
Spinning around in the air
Repeating the joyful and carefree state of being mentioned earlier.
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