Hi Ray and Dale,

I hear 'All these goons' clearly now, but I hear 'strange' rather than 'great'.

'Lovely flat' sounds right now. Like Ray, I had doubts about it because 'flat' seemed a non-American term to me, but that is perhaps a delusion of mine - it is widespread in Oz though.

The mysterious line in the chorus could be ending with 'bare'. I heard that before seeing your 'bear', Ray, so we are both hearing that sound:

'Till your house feels/stands ?? and bare'. Could be 'black and bare', but why would the place be 'black' when emptied of furniture? Unless he's projecting his mood on to it, but that's a long bow.

--Stewie.