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Thread #172703   Message #4181919
Posted By: cnd
18-Sep-23 - 09:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Julia just wants to go home
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Julia just wants to go home
Thanks for the start, NightWing. Here's how I'd fill in the gaps. "Sandilands" is apparently a neighborhood in Lincolnshire. The Lincolnshire area is (so says Wikipedia) known for its marshy terrain, especially along the coastline.

TANIA JUST WANTS TO GO HOME
(Enda Kenny)

They're peelin' their labels, chairs on the tables
 Tania just wants to go home
She's pickin' up glasses and knockin' back passes
 Tania just wants to go home
The bottle shop's shutters are down to the ground
A Sandilands band sings a swampy old sound
It's a Sunday night on a holy ground
 But Tania just wants to go home

The accordion player was always a stayer
 Tania just wants to go home
She don't need no man in her old panel van
 Tania just wants to go home
It's been too long a weekend, too many VDs (that's "Victoria District")
Too many cowboys, too many CDs (that's "Common Ground")
Somebody order a taxicab please
 'Cause Tania just wants to go home

CHORUS
Tania just wants to go out the door, down the road
Tania just wants to go home
Tania just wants to go more than you'll ever know
Tania just wants to go home

She's pulling the pins from yesterday's braces
 Tania just wants to go home
Tired of the grins on our boozy old faces
 Tania just wants to go home
A warm bath is waiting, a book by the bed
Tania's got only one thought in her head
Tall, dark, and handsome, her horoscope says
 Tania just wants to go home

CHORUS

They're peelin' their labels, chairs on the tables
 Tania just wants to go home
She's pickin' up glasses and knockin' back passes
 Tania just wants to go home
The bottle shop's shutters are down to the ground
A Sandilands band sings a swampy old sound
It's a Sunday night on a holy ground
 Tania just wants to go home

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Seems to be a song about a waitress just waiting for the hangers-on, perhaps more specifically the band, to leave so she can enjoy some peace and quiet. She's also been worn out from tourists over the course of the day.