In Memoriam: The Temps' Papa

[mshray]

Me too, and likewise for Mike's read on "a loan/alone." I imagine we weren't the only ones.

I was always convinced that this was a deliberate obfuscation, or rather a double entendre in the purest sense.

Because a loan is in fact a debt, and 'leave us alone' was surely what Mama and her boys would have prefered Papa to do.

[princessofcairo]

And dealing in dirt
Stealin’ in the name of the lord

I always heard that line as "dealing in DEBT" - as in, shady loan transactions.  Plus ca change, etc.

Me too, and likewise for Mike's read on "a loan/alone." I imagine we weren't the only ones.

I've always heard "debt", too, but never "loan".

[Gazoo]

It's that time again!  Mama, we're still depending on you to tell us the truth!

[RGMike]

It's that time again!  Mama, we're still depending on you to tell us the truth!

TANC: this one just popped up on Radio de Sebb. Well, it's la troisieme Septembre in France, too.