Day 82 - MMM MMM MMM with a Coin
Before the Temple in Ruins 81 - 7/28
Ever notice the similarity between Iron and Wine’s Boy with a Coin and the Crash Test Dummies MMM MMM MMM?? I did…
Boy With a Coin vs. Mmm Song
Boy with a coin he found in the weeds
with bullets and pages of trade magazines
close to a car THAT flipped on the turn
when God left the ground to circle the world
Hey—- Oh——
Girl with a bird she found in the snow
that flew up her gown, and that’s how she knows
that God made her eyes for crying at birth
then left the ground to circle the earth
Hey—- Oh——
Boy with a coin he crammed in his jeans
then making a wish, and tossed in the sea
then walked to a town that all of us burned
when God left the ground to circle the world
Hey—- Oh——
Hey—- Oh——
———-
Once there was this kid who
Got into an accident and couldn’t come to school
But when he finally came back
His hair had turned from black into bright white
He said that it was from when
The car had smashed so hard
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Once there was this girl who
Wouldn’t go and change with the girls in the change room
But when they finally made her
They saw birthmarks all over her body
She couldn’t quite explain it
They’d always just been there
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
But both girl and boy were glad
‘Cause one kid had it worse than that
‘Cause then there was this boy whose
Parents made him come directly home right after school
And when they went to their church
They shook and lurched all over the church floor
He couldn’t quite explain it
They’d always just gone there
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
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Both have three verses
Both Have characters introduced in each verse
Choruses are just sounds…
…bunch of other crap, suffice to say, Crash Test Dummies rule, of course, so does Iron and Wine…
