Lyrics
There's a blue eyed girl with a red bow tie
Describes a girl with blue eyes wearing a red bow tie.
And a string of pearls with one good eye
Depicts a person adorned with a string of pearls but having only one functional eye.
In a rainy town the chimney smoke will curl
In a town where it's raining, smoke rises from chimneys in curls.
No one likes clowns on the other side of the world
Indicates a dislike for clowns in a distant place ("the other side of the world").
And the children know she'll never let me go.
Children understand or believe that she will never release the singer.
There's a one legged priest that tangos with the farmers wife
Highlights a one-legged priest who dances the tango with a farmer's wife.
Beauty and the beast is taking her own life
Refers to a situation resembling "Beauty and the Beast" where someone is taking their own life.
And a tear on a letter back home turns into a lake of your own
A tear on a letter sent back home grows into a significant emotional turmoil.
And a crow turns into a girl on the other side of the world
A transformation occurs from a crow into a girl in a distant place.
And she tastes like the sea and she's waiting for me
The girl tastes like the sea and awaits the singer.
In the spring the weeds will show that he brought back the only rose
In spring, the only rose amidst weeds signifies a unique and valuable gift.
And he gave it to his girl on the other side of the world.
The rose is given by someone to their beloved on the other side of the world.
And I drink champagne from your thin blue veins
Metaphorically drinking champagne from the veins of the beloved.
She visits his grave wearing her mother's shawl
A woman visits the grave wearing her mother's shawl.
Should I shave or end it all.
The singer contemplates whether to groom himself or consider suicide.
There's an old sailor song that the children know
Children are aware of an old sailor song.
As their fingers curl around the other side of the world
Describes children's actions with their fingers reaching around to the other side of the world.
On a bone white mare lost in kathleen's hair
Portrays a scene with a white horse in someone's hair named Kathleen.
In the spring the weeds will show that he brought back the only rose
Similar to line 14, indicating the return of spring with the symbolic rose.
And he gave it to his girl on the other side of the world.
Repeats the act of giving the unique rose to a loved one in a distant place.
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