The lyrics are "I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna/ and was blowin' sad while Bobby sang the blues." It sounds like a harmonica to me, but somebody told me it was drugs.
2007-01-20 02:43:25 · 5 answers · asked by cucumberlarry1 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
its sorta a play on words, and FYI ~ yeah chris christofferson is awesome, cause he wrote it, janis jus covered it. it is a blues harp~ a harmonica, but it is also a reference to a rig...
2007-01-20 02:52:58 · answer #1 · answered by debhead830 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I the "harpoon" on the song is actually a slang for harmonica (musical instrument) or a reference to herroin? taking the fix?
2014-11-05 09:42:27 · answer #2 · answered by Braztrade Couros 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it WAS a harmonica. Wasn`t Janis awesome!!!
2007-01-20 10:48:53 · answer #3 · answered by Hamish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a harmonica.
2007-01-20 10:48:46 · answer #4 · answered by thinkinitout 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a rig for injecting Heroin into your vein. You know, a hypodermic needle.
2007-01-20 10:48:31 · answer #5 · answered by not4u2c_yet 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋