Lyric discussion by textbook enigmatic 

I think the second half of the first verse goes:

"Someone upstairs has a rap that we laugh at And people are drinking and singing about Scarborough Fair On a ukulele dare"

Such a beautiful song. Amanda manages to imbue such simple images and incidents with such power.

i reckon you're close

"someone upstairs has a rap that we laugh at and people are drinking and singing the scarborough fair on a ukelele dare."

scarborough fair is a traditional english ballad about a pair of young lovers, the man sets a series of tasks for his lady that are impossible; making a shirt for him with no seam, washing it in a well with no water. it's supposedly an adaption of an old scottish song about an elf.

Ah, thank you very much. Lyrics have been corrected.

And I can very much agree that I certainly have been in a similar situation.

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