This is a song about superstition. Two of them used to be popular:
If you break a mirror, you'll have seven years of bad luck.
If you break a mirror, you'll have "13 months of maybes" (uncertainty) in your life.
Listen closely and you'll hear it's not "13-month old baby". This line is frequently misquoted, mainly because not many are still around who're old enough to remember this particular superstition. It dates back to at least the late 1800's and is probably older.
I love this song! (And not just because it reminds me of John Carpenter's THE THING.)
I love this song! (And not just because it reminds me of John Carpenter's THE THING.)
The meaning's fairly obvious: don't believe in things that don't make sense. Yes, I think it could be applied to religion, but the title and lyrics clearly indicate that everyday superstitions are the intended target.
The meaning's fairly obvious: don't believe in things that don't make sense. Yes, I think it could be applied to religion, but the title and lyrics clearly indicate that everyday superstitions are the intended target.
Sorry, but it is indeed "13-month old baby." Listen closely to Stevie's enunciation and you can hear the "b" when he says "baby" and there's no "s" sound at the end. Every other site has it that way, and there's no mention of it on kissthisguy.com (misheard lyrics site).
Sorry, but it is indeed "13-month old baby." Listen closely to Stevie's enunciation and you can hear the "b" when he says "baby" and there's no "s" sound at the end. Every other site has it that way, and there's no mention of it on kissthisguy.com (misheard lyrics site).
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This is a song about superstition. Two of them used to be popular:
If you break a mirror, you'll have seven years of bad luck.
If you break a mirror, you'll have "13 months of maybes" (uncertainty) in your life.
Listen closely and you'll hear it's not "13-month old baby". This line is frequently misquoted, mainly because not many are still around who're old enough to remember this particular superstition. It dates back to at least the late 1800's and is probably older.
I love this song! (And not just because it reminds me of John Carpenter's THE THING.)
I love this song! (And not just because it reminds me of John Carpenter's THE THING.)
The meaning's fairly obvious: don't believe in things that don't make sense. Yes, I think it could be applied to religion, but the title and lyrics clearly indicate that everyday superstitions are the intended target.
The meaning's fairly obvious: don't believe in things that don't make sense. Yes, I think it could be applied to religion, but the title and lyrics clearly indicate that everyday superstitions are the intended target.
Sorry, but it is indeed "13-month old baby." Listen closely to Stevie's enunciation and you can hear the "b" when he says "baby" and there's no "s" sound at the end. Every other site has it that way, and there's no mention of it on kissthisguy.com (misheard lyrics site).
Sorry, but it is indeed "13-month old baby." Listen closely to Stevie's enunciation and you can hear the "b" when he says "baby" and there's no "s" sound at the end. Every other site has it that way, and there's no mention of it on kissthisguy.com (misheard lyrics site).
@Rigel11 But the song said, "thirteen month old baby broke the looking glass"
@Rigel11 But the song said, "thirteen month old baby broke the looking glass"