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Interpretations:New York City

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Look me in the eye and tell me it's a coincidence that TMBG's very first two (out of many more to follow!) happy relationship songs, this one and Pet Name, were both released in 1996: the year that Flans, who sings both of them, married Robin Goldwasser. - The Silver Chauffeur

Girl lives in New York City. Guy does not. Guy meets Girl at rock and roll concert in the springtime. They take a subway back to the city, the two fall in love and keep in touch. Guy immediately loves New York City because Girl lives there. Guy becomes top mugging target when he visits because of his naive view of the city.


There's my unnecessary interpretation! Where's yours? --Southwest

I think this song and "I'll Sink Manhattan" are related, check out my interp on that one. 

 --Reeve the Cat 23:22, 13 Jan 2005 (EST)

Although this song is a cover, it fits in pretty well with TMBG's body of work, as far as lyrics go. It's about the Johns' home city, and there's a sense of delusion to the lyrics. -VoVat

I heard that the line "...empire state where Dylan lived" is actually suppose to be "...empire state, where Dylan lived" (notice the comma) hence two seperate location references, the latter being Bob Dylan's Greenwich Village folk scene. What's everyone elses opinion. If the line is infact sans comma is it still a Dylan reference and why the Empire State Building? -Dr Puzzle

In all other versions that I've heard, including the original, it's where King Kong lived... which is pretty funny, I like the idea that KK actually lived there too. ASL

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