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Thread #45180   Message #3202168
Posted By: MorwenEdhelwen1
05-Aug-11 - 02:40 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Danger Waters - story behind the song?
Subject: RE: Help: Danger Waters - story behind the song?
BTW, don't know if anyone is still interested in this thread and the song, but when I first read this thread I immediately tried looking for the song on YouTube and listened to it. It's great- catchy melody and lyrics. About a), b), c), or d), it could be all three: She (the narrator)had premarital sex, was forced to become a sex worker because her family is particularly strict about their daughter(s)"getting pregnant out of wedlock, and got pregnant and was forced to have a back-alley abortion. Could be that. And the "tortoise boy" could be a metaphor for the boy's slowness at giving her back her money.