The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #77963   Message #1400326
Posted By: JWB
05-Feb-05 - 09:54 PM
Thread Name: Not-So-Good Lines in Songs
Subject: RE: Not-So-Good Lines in Songs
Paul Simon's "Wednesday Morning, 3:00 AM" is a lovely song (the slow version, that is -- I hate the later rock and roll version). However, the line

I held up and robbed a hard liquor store

just doesn't make the grade. What was the protagonist expecting, a building made of sponge rubber?

Jerry