Do crows actually belong to the rat species?
Does anybody remember the nineties band Counting Crows? They have a new album and will go on tour later this year.
And maybe rats and crows are ins some way related, or bands with animal names form some kind of a union, or the Counting Crows are just Boomtown Rats fans – in any case the lyrics to the song "Bobby and the Rat Kings" from this new album go like this:
"When Bobby and the Rat-Kings come to play
We’ll make ‘em stay
We’ll make ‘em play
Play til the stars all fade
We’ll make ‘em stay til dawn
Make ‘em play all night til the light
Like we’ve never seen nuthin’
Like we’ll we’ll never see anybody ever again
When the Rat-Kings go away
We’ll never be the same
[...]
Now Joey’s gotta run for the train
Says he’s trying to make it
Back to the City by ten"
Hm!
Complete lyrics are here: https://www.countingcrows.com/song/bobby-and-the-rat-kings
Just a coincidence, I thought, but maybe there are even some musical quotations, a little nod to the Rats? Here's the song, what do you think?
It's a good song and certainly a nod in the direction of ' Mondays' at the outro ! and the Wizard of Oz thrown in there too !. 😀