Ken Burch
Oct 23, 2021

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When she got to the line "And she knows just what it takes to make a problem" I always thought Kim Carnes was singing "And she knows just what it takes to make a crow blush"- and I think the confusion came because the lyricist was trying to make "problem" rhyme with "ferocious"- which puzzled me, since, well, a crow is usually covered with feathers so how could you tell if it was blushing?

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Ken Burch
Ken Burch

Written by Ken Burch

Retired Alaska ferryboat steward, grandparent, sometime poet. Radical yet independent of dogma. Likes nice days, playing banjo and not as yet dying of Covid.

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