Leaps and Bounds - Paul Kelly

[yirra_kurl]

what is this song actually about?

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I'm high on the hill
Lookin' over the bridge
To the M-C-G
And way up on high
The clock on the silo
Says eleven degrees
I remember-er-er, I remember-er-er

I'm breathin' today
The month of May
All the burnin' leaves
I'm not hearin' a sound
My feet don't even
Touch the grou-ou-ound
I remember-er-er, I remember-er-er
I go leaps and bounds
I go leaps and bounds

Down past the river
And across the playin' fields
The fields all empty
Only for the burnin' leaves
I remember-er-er, I remember-er-er
I go leaps and bounds
I go leaps and bounds

I'm high on the hill
Lookin' over the bridge
To the M-C-G
I'm stumblin' around
My feet don't even
Touch the grou-ou-ound
I remember-er-er, I remember-er-er
I remember-er-er, I remember-er-er
I go leaps and bounds (I remember)
I go leaps and bounds (I remember)
I go leaps and bounds (I remember)
I go leaps and bounds (I remember)
I remember-er-er, I remember-er-er
I remember-er-er, I remember-er-er

I remember, I remember
I remember everything [/FONT]

 

[Brittany]

Dunno - but it's a bloody good song

 

[yirra_kurl]

Dunno - but it's a bloody good song

amen to that!!

 

[TimN]

I think Paul Kelly was living in Sydney when he wrote Leaps and Bounds, so it could just be an expression of being homesick for Melbourne. It always says Melbourne to me. I'm a shallow man though, so there's probably some deeper message that just whistled over my head.

I remember being very excited when I first moved to Melbourne and saw the sign on the silo saying 11 degrees.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Whats it about?

I wonder.

 

[The Zebra]

It is about footy.

 

[Antonius]

It is about footy.

Just like Holy Grail is about footy

 

[rocker_oz33]

yeah good bloody song ...........keeping it real