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So Much Water So Close to Home, 1989
Written by Paul Kelly
This is jangly guitar pop of the kind that was popular with the cool kids in the late '80s and early '90s. But the upbeat tempo belies the sadness of the lyrics. This song takes a leaf from Screamin' Jay Hawkins' song "Strange," with its unanswerable questions: "How many wrinkles in a pickle? / How many hairs in a head? / How many waves in the ocean? How many crumbs in bread?" Kelly's song opens with: "How many cabs in New York City? / How many angels on a pin? / How many notes in a saxophone? How many tears in a bottle of gin?" The narrator was careless, wrapped up in himself, and lost his love, his rock. "How many stars in the milky way? How many ways can you lose a friend?"
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