Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
A man walks into a bar
Orders a beer and a bowl of peanuts
But the bar turns into a spaceship
And the bartender gives him a hair cut
I can't remember the end of that joke
You once told it to me when we smoked
On your father's expensive cigars
All I remember is the part of a man walking into a bar
How many lovers does it take
To put a light bulb into a socket?
Why did Mona Lisa smile?
I have the answer written down in my pocket.
I just remember I laughed til I cried
Because you told it with your funny voice
Your southern dialect makes me rejoice
Those special times we had
When love was just a silly gag
I know why Mona Lisa smiled
Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy
And laughter is the only way into my heart
I know why Mona Lisa smiled
Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy
And laughter is the only way into my heart
Summer night on a gravel road
You told me about your childhood friend Veronica
Who was claimed to have swallowed a toad
And I picked up my harmonica
I know why Mona Lisa smiled
Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy
And laughter is the only way into my heart
I know why Mona Lisa smiled
Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy
And laughter is the only way into my heart
A man walks into a bar
Orders a scotch and a bottle of coke
But the laughter is gone in his heart
You never told me the end of the joke
Orders a beer and a bowl of peanuts
But the bar turns into a spaceship
And the bartender gives him a hair cut
I can't remember the end of that joke
You once told it to me when we smoked
On your father's expensive cigars
All I remember is the part of a man walking into a bar
How many lovers does it take
To put a light bulb into a socket?
Why did Mona Lisa smile?
I have the answer written down in my pocket.
I just remember I laughed til I cried
Because you told it with your funny voice
Your southern dialect makes me rejoice
Those special times we had
When love was just a silly gag
I know why Mona Lisa smiled
Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy
And laughter is the only way into my heart
I know why Mona Lisa smiled
Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy
And laughter is the only way into my heart
Summer night on a gravel road
You told me about your childhood friend Veronica
Who was claimed to have swallowed a toad
And I picked up my harmonica
I know why Mona Lisa smiled
Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy
And laughter is the only way into my heart
I know why Mona Lisa smiled
Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy
And laughter is the only way into my heart
A man walks into a bar
Orders a scotch and a bottle of coke
But the laughter is gone in his heart
You never told me the end of the joke
Lyrics submitted by moeyoldbold
A Man Walks into a Bar Lyrics as written by Jens Martin Lekman
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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