Date:  Mon, 12 Feb 1996 16:17:40 -0600

From:  "Kathleen M. O'Neill" <koneil1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIC.EDU>

Subject: Re: Five & Dime / Dime store



Charlotte spake thusly:

>"Got my first real six-string

>Bought it at the Five and Dime

>Played it till my fingers bled

>Was the summer of '69"

>

>Not only did I not know what it meant but I wan't even sure if that

>was what the lyric actually said. And i know several other english

>people speak of this as the "line which nobody knows what it says."



Actually, according to this web site:

http://www.gel.ulaval.ca/~villem00/music/lyrics/Bryan_Adams/sofarsog.ood

you got it right on the money.



>[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ALBUM: So Far So Good

>By Bryan Adams

>

>[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SONG: SUMMER OF '69

>

>I got my first real six string

>Bought it at the five and dime

>Played it til my fingers bled

>Was the summer of '69



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