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Old 09-04-2019, 21:38
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Red Rubber lyrics

So my wife, who isnt a big manics fan has been reading a book called King Leopolds Gohst, about the Belgian colonisation of Congo. Naturally this has led to alot of discussion between us on this topic, and along the way I played her Red Rubber, and we were looking at the lyrics. I know roughly what Red Rubber is about, and most of the but im a bit puzzled by the opening line,

"My idle ledgers have fiasco boss"

Anyone have any idea what the hell this is all about?
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Old 09-04-2019, 23:04
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Financial corruption maybe? Ledgers for compiling accurate accounts left idle under fiasco dictators .... Maybe?
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Old 10-04-2019, 17:54
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Judging from Nicky tweeting it twice in the past, the opening line is more likely to be "My eyelids as heavy as gold bars".
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Old 10-04-2019, 19:09
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I've never listened to it before. A Manics song out there I haven't listened to. Tut. Definitely should before commenting on lyrics yes
I agree Comrade....although to be honest I hear My hindlegs as heavy as gold bars.
Definitely gold bars though
I also hear a bit of the old Dr Who theme tune
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There is a rapture on the lonely shore
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more," - Byron

'I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.' (from Sea Fever - John Masefield)


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Old 10-04-2019, 19:09
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Old 10-04-2019, 22:46
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Judging from Nicky tweeting it twice in the past, the opening line is more likely to be "My eyelids as heavy as gold bars".
This makes much more sense, thank you!
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Old 13-04-2019, 02:22
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Yes, thank you! Finally I can stop puzzling what idle ledgers are Eyelids as heavy as gold bars, it is.

I just wanted to say Red Rubber is an absolutely massive song.
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