Now and again some lyrics will really take be by surprise by their boldness. In Tom Paxton's great song " Jimmy Newman " , a wounded soldier is recovering in a "Mash" type hospital. He may be half dead but the soldier can still notice the attractive nurses and observing one particular nurse he says, " her uniform's tight on her marvellous rear". When I first heard those lyrics, I was taken aback. It was as if the rules for writing lyrics had been expanded - new realities could be explored.

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