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I just found that out too Terpgirl
Apparently they thought the song was too long. They should have left it alone. I never could figure out whether Daniel was dead or just blind--now I know.

posted by jollyjeff on July 16, 2007 at 2:28 PM | link to this | reply

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posted by majroj on May 26, 2007 at 10:11 PM | link to this | reply

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It's bizarre to me how some of these songs have profound meanings that we may not know, but we all get together and little by little a legend is born.  Sometimes what we create is better than what the writer started with.  I use my maiden name. When my daughter was in preschool, the teachers developed this long history to go with me that included me being a young widow, etc.  My real life was so dull by comparison.

posted by terpgirl30 on May 8, 2007 at 11:20 PM | link to this | reply

In fact, Daniel is about a guy who was wounded --
blinded in Vietnam. Or so I heard.

posted by strat on May 3, 2007 at 1:45 PM | link to this | reply

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I like tune trivia.

posted by shortskirtsrkewl on April 30, 2007 at 4:38 PM | link to this | reply

terp

I think I had heard that before.  But you're right, we never really know what people are talking about in their songs. 

Be well,

-smartdog

posted by smartdog_670 on April 30, 2007 at 11:58 AM | link to this | reply

We used to have an English teacher in college who gave such different
interpretations of poetry that we wondered whether the poet even may have had as fertile an imagination.

posted by Straightforward on April 30, 2007 at 9:54 AM | link to this | reply