[sweetapj at bellsouth.net]

I don't know much but Phar Lap was an Aussie racehorse who lost in uncertain circumstances and it's a sore point with Aussies.  I wish I knew a bit more.

Jill in Atlanta
> 
> From: Glitch <sena.reisenweaver at verizon.net>
> Date: 2004/04/11 Sun PM 09:19:26 EDT
> To: <powderworks at cs.colorado.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Powderworks] lyrics help?
> 
> Personally, I've always wondered what "phar lap floating in a jar" was.
> ???
> -GB
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> got your last meal filled up with pesticide
> hamburger chain third world infanticide
> got robot car your job will disappear
> it's called the politics of a brand new year
> some say that's progress i say that's cruel
> 
> --midnight oil
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> > Cheryl,
> > 1.  Reckon it still is "Is he a Soul Man" on the original CD
> > That 2nd one is indistinct despite repeated playings . I always thought to
> > my old ears it might be "Three strikes surr...ender"
> > 3. Definitely "sounds like an ending"
> > Lew and Anna
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: powderworks-bounces at cs-lists.cs.colorado.edu
> > [mailto:powderworks-bounces at cs-lists.cs.colorado.edu]On Behalf Of Jeff
> > and Jane Scott
> > Sent: Sunday, 11 April 2004 9:37 AM
> > To: Cheryl H; Powderworks
> > Subject: RE: [Powderworks] lyrics help?
> > 
> > 
> > g'day Cheryl
> > 
> > Here's my take on them (maybe right, maybe not!)
> > 
> > First one I always thought was "Is he a soul man", but the sound on the
> > new Goat Island DVD is very clear, and I now think it's "Is he a song
> > man"
> > 
> > Second one I have as "Three strikes to every god", but that's the one
> > I'm least sure of.
> > 
> > Third one: "Sounds like an ending".  I'm sure of that one.  Also on the
> > demo version of the song, the next line is followed with "Could be a
> > beginning" (which became "minutes to midnight" by the time it was
> > recorded)
> > 
> > 
> > jeff...
> > 
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