Mike Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 1968 Anyone For Tennis by Eric Clapton and Martin Sharp Twice upon a time in the valley of the tears An auctioneer is bidding for a box of fading years And the elephants are dancing on the graves of squealing mice. Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice? And the ice creams are all melting on the streets of bloody beer While the beggars stain the pavements with flourescent Christmas cheer And the Bentley-driving guru is putting up his price. Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice? And the prophets in the boutiques give out messages of hope With jingle bells and fairy tales and blind colliding scopes And you can tell they're all the same underneath the pretty lies. Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice? The yellow Buddhist monk is burning brightly at the zoo You can bring a bowl of rice and then a glass of water too And fate is setting up the chessboard while death rolls out the dice. Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice? I love this song! Would love to read your interpretations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Clown Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 If I was being generous I'd say it's one of those 'address the state of the absurd world around us' songs, filled with surreal/nonsensical images to try and show the madness of late 60s western civilisation. Not meant to make sense, just to point out the craziness around us all. If I was being less generous I'd say it was a second rate attempt to jump on the Beatles bandwagon using the I Am The Walrus template. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denn07 Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Hi There! This is denn from Italy! I'm 30 yrs. of age. New in this forum! I will ask this to my friends! Thank's!... Hope to see you soon Guys!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Hi denn07 welcome to Songfacts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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