Bought the Farm
Posted by Jim on January 15, 2002 at
In Reply to: Bought the Farm posted by The Fallen on January 14, 2002
: : : : I don't much like Phrase Finder's explanation about going to a better place. Several years ago I read an explanation that also involved WW2. However, the gist was that the British government used to pay farmers for damages whenever a military plane crashed in their fields. Thus, when a plane went down, the unfortunate pilot "bought the farm."
: : :
Forgive my sudden and off-topic unlurking, but I once spontaneously wrote a line
(in a song) to describe someone driven to the edge of sanity by their abject loneliness:
: : : "If I don't get me some lovin' done,
: : : I'm gonna buy me the
funny farm".
: : : Can't help but wonder if I stole it...
: : Possibly you heard the following while slumbering. The nightmare you cannot recall, but motivates your every waking moment:
: :
: : They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa
: : from: Dr. Demento's Delights
: : Warner Bros. 1975 BS 2855 0698
:
: Verse 1:
: : Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged
you not to leave because I'd go berserk??
: : Well...You left me anyhow and
then the days got worse and worse and now you see
: : I've gone completely
out of my mind.. And..
: : Chorus:
: : They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!
:
: They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa
: : To the funny
farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy to see those nice
young men in their clean white coats and they're
: : coming to take me away,
ha-haaa!!!!!
: : Verse 2:
: : You thought it was a joke and so you laughed,
you laughed when I had said
: : that loosing you would make me flip my lid..
RIGHT???
: : I know you laughed, I heard you laugh, you laughed you laughed
and
: : laughed and then you left, but now you know I'm utterly mad... And..
:
: Chorus:
: : They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa,
: : They're coming
to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa.
: : To the happy home. With trees
and flowers and chirping birds and basket
: : weavers who sit and smile and
twiddle their thumbs and toes and they're
: : coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!
: : .... There is more, but I'm feeling merciful
: Fortunately you didn't type out the lyrics from the B side of the original 7" vinyl single, which in strangely fitting manner features the exact same song as the A side... except played in reverse.
: This ground-breaking single was originally released by Napoleon XIV back in 1966. I am heartened by this.
The B side was produced for the Russian market.
- Bought the Farm TheUnlurker
01/15/02
- "...you
mangy mutt..." Bruce Kahl 01/15/02
- Retry Bruce Kahl 01/15/02
- "...you
mangy mutt..." Bruce Kahl 01/15/02