This is a brilliant song- The Libs at their best. I like the contrast between the almost mythical language of the 1st verse ("Eritrean maiden" "from way far across the sea" etc) and the realism in the 2nd, with its "matchsticks and cable TV". Wonderful. :)
This is a brilliant song- The Libs at their best. I like the contrast between the almost mythical language of the 1st verse ("Eritrean maiden" "from way far across the sea" etc) and the realism in the 2nd, with its "matchsticks and cable TV". Wonderful. :)