1/18    Anyone know of a good website that has explanations of song lyrics?
        Googling for individual songs is nigh impossible.  The sort of thing
        you'd imagine would be on the bands' websites but often isn't.
        \_ Explanations?
           \_ Someone told me that this song was about trying to get into
              some girl's pants.
              http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/extreme/52203.html
              \_ They are all about trying to get into some girl's
                 pants, even the ones written by women, just the
                 opposing viewpoint. Yes, this means "Happy Birthday" is
                 about trying to get into some girl's pants.
                 \_ For example, "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" as sung
                    by Marilyn Monroe.
                    \_ ...and which girl's pants was Marilyn trying to get
                       into?
                       \_ She's trying to steal from inside Jacqueline's pants.
        \_ "People often ask me, 'what is that song about?'  If I could
            say it in words other than what are in the song...I would have
            written a different song."   --Elvis Costello
        \_ I've been wondering about the same thing.  Some lyrics are too
           poetic for me to understand.  (I'm a foreigner and I did poorly in
           English 1B at a community college.)  For example, what is Barbra
           Streisand's "Send In The Clowns" really about?  Very beautiful
           melody, but I can't understand the lyrics.
           http://www.digitaltimes.com/karaoke/singers/SendInTheClowns.html
           \_ http://www.songmeangings.net.
           \_ http://www.songmeanings.net.
              It's a Sondheim song from a musical, it doesn't have to make
              sense.  -tom
              \_ Well, it makes sense in the context of the show.  It's a
                 couple that got together when they were younger, then were
                 split for 10 or so years.  She was pregnant but didn't tell
                 him, and is on the road as an actress.  He marries a 19 year
                 old virgin who won't sleep with him.  They meet again a year
                 into his marriage, have a brief affair, but he ends it. This
                 is when she has this song.  They've both been fools.  Ergo
                 "don't bother, they're here."
                 \_ Well, it could mean that.  Or "send in the clowns" could
                    be old show biz talk for throwing in the towel (as in
                    things are so bad that salvage is impossible and you
                    send in the clowns to distract the audience).
                    \_ Or it could be... both.
                    \_ Hmm, the more I read the lyrics the more it sounds like
                       what you said.
                       "Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air..."
                       "Sure of my lines,  No one is there."
                       "Don't you love farce?  My fault, I fear.  I thought
                       that you'd want what I want."
                       "Losing my timing this late in my career?"
                       All these sound like "oops" moments when performing a
                       play on stage.
              \_ I got redirected to http://lb3.netster.com
                 \_ try http://www.songmeanings.net (not "meangings")
           \_ It was originally the theme song to EPS2, when EPS2 had
              its original title "Attack of the Clowns."