It's these substandard motels on the (lalalalala) corner of 4th and Fremont Street
Appealing only because they are just that un-appealing
Any practiced catholic would cross themselves upon entering
The rooms have a hint of asbestos and maybe just a dash of formaldehyde
And the habit of decomposing right before your very (lalalala) eyes

Along with the people inside
What a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy

Tonight tenants range from: a lawyer and a virgin
Accessorizing with a rosary tucked inside her lingerie
She's getting a job at the firm come Monday
The Mrs. will stay with the cheating attorney
moonlighting aside, she really needs his money
Oh, wonderful caricature of intimacy

Yeah (yeah)

And not to mention, the constable, and his proposition, for that "virgin"
Yes, the one the lawyer met with on "strictly business"
As he said to the Mrs. Well, only hours before
After he had left, she was fixing her face in a compact
There was a terrible crash (there was a terrible crash)
Between her and the badge
She spilled her purse and her bag, and held a "purse" of a different kind

Along with the people inside
What a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy

There are no raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses.
It's sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses
At the shade of the sheets and before all the stains
And a few more of your least favorite things

Raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses
It's sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses
At the shade of the sheets and before all the stains
And a few more of your least favorite things

Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy

Raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses
It's sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses
At the shade of the sheets and before all the stains
And a few more of your least favorite things

Raindrops on roses and the girls in white dresses
And the sleeping with the roaches and the taking best guesses
At the shade of the sheets and before all the stains
And a few more of your least favorite things



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    General Comment:I was working on a production of "Sound of Music" (as Liesl) when I myself found this song on spotify. At first, it was just background music then the Raindrops of roses... yada yada yada started and I was hooked. I've listened to this sound hundreds of times.

    I could write my own personal interpretation or whatever. But I think all the others are pretty much right. XD
    Flag amerilandon May 03, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:I completely agree with what MaisonAdair (The Crazy Blah) said, with the exception of one thing. There seems to be a lot of discrepencies among the various interpretations of the "terrible crash" part. I THINK I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT. What if it's literal? Everyone before this always asumed the "virgin" was still at the motel when this happened. What if after the lawyer left, she was leaving, fixing her makeup in the car mirror, when she-- quite literally-- crashed into the constable? He agreed to let her off without suing for damages/ticketing for distracted driving if she slept with him? That's what would make the most sense to me, anyway... -Bffismybff
    Flag bffismybffon April 21, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:"It's these substandard motels on the (lalalalala) corner of 4th and Fremont Street
    Appealing only because they are just that un-appealing
    Any practiced catholic would cross themselves upon entering
    The rooms have a hint of asbestos and maybe just a dash of formaldehyde
    And the habit of decomposing right before your very (lalalala) eyes"

    This is setting up the scene for the location of this song. A sleezy hotel that is probably infamous for its location of prostitution "any practiced catholic would cross themselves upon entering..."
    People may have died here "formaldehyde" and it was poorly built "asbestos"
    And its so unmaintained its falling to pieces right before your eyes.


    "Along with the people inside"
    T
    he morality of of the people inside is falling apart along with the structure.


    "What a wonderful caricature of intimacy
    Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy"

    this is meant to be a sad sarcastic comment about how it is infact NOT a wonderful caricature of intimacy


    "Tonight tenants range from: a lawyer and a virgin
    Accessorizing with a rosary tucked inside her lingerie"

    A prostitute is who is sarcastically referred to as a virgin is staying with a lawyer for the night. The fact that she has rosary tucked inside her lingerie refers back to "any practiced catholic would cross themselves upon entering..." as a joke and also may point out that she does not want to do this and feels shame for it.


    "She's getting a job at the firm come Monday"
    Either that's what the Lawyer is telling his wife is that he's doing interviews or as another user suggested they are role playing as an interview


    "The Mrs. will stay with the cheating attorney"

    The Lawyer is married and will retun form his life after this


    "moonlighting aside, she really needs his money
    Oh, wonderful caricature of intimacy"

    The Prostitute has another job but its not enough so she does this to get more money not really caring about her relationship with her clients



    "Yeah (yeah)

    And not to mention, the constable, and his proposition, for that "virgin"
    Yes, the one the lawyer met with on "strictly business"
    As he said to the Mrs. Well, only hours before
    After he had left, she was fixing her face in a compact"

    I think that this is an exchange between the Lawyer and his wife on reason he's leaving to interview and Possibly that he's abusive or that she is trying to look more attractive OR she's cheating on him as well "After he had left, she was fixing her face in a compact" as she is putting on make up. Or she was crying. She's "fixing her face" so. yeah



    "There was a terrible crash (there was a terrible crash)
    Between her and the badge
    She spilled her purse and her bag, and held a "purse" of a different kind
    Along with the people inside
    What a wonderful caricature of intimacy
    Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy"

    this goes back to the prostitute and after the Lawyer had left the cops break in her purse fell on the ground and out spilled all her money (a purse of a different kind" and also a list of all the men she slept with


    "There are no raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses.
    It's sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses
    At the shade of the sheets and before all the stains
    And a few more of your least favorite things"

    This being a play on words from the Sound of music is reflecting on how early in life you expect everything to be great and then you end up in these terrible places. I think its pretty self explanitory.
    Flag meaghann42on March 14, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:The first verse describes the motels. They don't enforce any laws about prostitution and they're obviously cheap. They're unsanitary and shady, the perfect place because "they're just that unappealing".

    The second verse introduces the prostitute, sarcastically named "the virgin". They're in the shady hotel, role-playing a job interview. As in, she'll do 'anything' for the job. The lawyers' wife knows about the cheating and looks the other way. she can't say anything because she doesn't have a job herself. "What a wonderful caricature of intimacy" is also sarcastic.

    Third is when the lawyer leaves the hotel. He wants to leave earlier than the "virgin" as to not seem suspicious. The Lawyer keeps lying to his wife about "business" even though she knows about the hookers. The "virgin" is fixing her makeup when the police turn up. She's rushing to leave and spills her purse (bag) all over the floor. On the floor lies her client purse (list of clients). The cop offers to let her go if she has sex with him.

    The last part means that this kind of thing happens all to often. There are so many stains on the sheets that you can't tell the colour anymore.
    Flag Caiitlinnon January 30, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Am I the only one who noticed that the verse:
    "Raindrops on roses and the girls in white dresses
    And the sleeping with the roaches and the taking best guesses
    At the shade of the sheets and before all the stains
    And a few more of your least favorite things"

    Is a play on the song "My Favorite Things" from the musical, "The Sound of Music"?
    Well, especially the first and last lines of that verse I think proves that's what they were trying to do.
    Flag jada22on November 30, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:You people are thinking way too hard on this. 'Caricature of intimacy' is just comparing the story to an actual caricature. A caricature exaggerates the most noticeable features of something and minimizes the less noticeable features. Basically, it's referring to the fact that all the important things in the virgin's story are shrunken out of proportion. Everyone concentrates on the fact that she's (presumably) beautiful and easy to get, but no one cares about the fact that she isn't a good person anymore and she's only using people to get what she wants. Not to mention that it's illegal.
    Flag siraa4everon June 21, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:What does the title of the song mean?
    Flag CShockon June 04, 2012   Link
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    My Opinion:I love the exerpt from "my favorite things"
    Flag panicloveron May 10, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Prostitutes sleeping with their clients who in one case was a married lawyer and secondly she was arrested but the constable came to an "agreement" with her, if you catch my drift
    Flag atemu1234on April 03, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:"Moonlighting aside" means, If you don't count the bullshitting.
    Flag SarahThinkson February 22, 2012   Link

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