OT "Windy"

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Wed Oct 21 15:53:03 UTC 2009


At 11:12 AM -0400 10/21/09, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>At 10/21/2009 10:14 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>>...A particularly vivid (or, one
>>might say, outrageous) example is the Rolling Stones' song "Brand New
>>Car": ...
>>Hear the motor running
>>Yeah, she's right in sink
>>Tell me if she's thirsty
>>Would she like a drink
>>And I'm stopping at this bar
>
>Do the lyrics really have "sink"?  Although I suppose it fits with thirst.
>
Hmmm... I actually have the relevant CD, so I'll check later to see
if the packaged lyrics are different from the web ones.  Probably.

LH

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