Bought the Farm

Posted by The Fallen on January 14, 2002

In Reply to: Bought the Farm posted by Jim on January 11, 2002

: : : I don't much like Phrase Finder's explanation about going to a better place. Several years ago I read an explanation that also involved WW2. However, the gist was that the British government used to pay farmers for damages whenever a military plane crashed in their fields. Thus, when a plane went down, the unfortunate pilot "bought the farm."

: : Forgive my sudden and off-topic unlurking, but I once spontaneously wrote a line (in a song) to describe someone driven to the edge of sanity by their abject loneliness:
: : "If I don't get me some lovin' done,
: : I'm gonna buy me the funny farm".

: : Can't help but wonder if I stole it...

: Possibly you heard the following while slumbering. The nightmare you cannot recall, but motivates your every waking moment:

:
: They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa
: from: Dr. Demento's Delights
: Warner Bros. 1975 BS 2855 0698

: Verse 1:
: Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to leave because I'd go berserk??

: Well...You left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse and now you see
: I've gone completely out of my mind.. And..

: Chorus:
: They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!
: They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa
: To the funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're
: coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!

: Verse 2:
: You thought it was a joke and so you laughed, you laughed when I had said
: that loosing you would make me flip my lid.. RIGHT???
: I know you laughed, I heard you laugh, you laughed you laughed and
: laughed and then you left, but now you know I'm utterly mad... And..

: Chorus:
: They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa,
: They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa.
: To the happy home. With trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket
: weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they're
: coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!

: .... There is more, but I'm feeling merciful

Fortunately you didn't type out the lyrics from the B side of the original 7" vinyl single, which in strangely fitting manner features the exact same song as the A side... except played in reverse.

This ground-breaking single was originally released by Napoleon XIV back in 1966. I am heartened by this.

• Bought the Farm Jim 01/15/02
  • Bought the Farm TheUnlurker 01/15/02
    • "...you mangy mutt..." Bruce Kahl 01/15/02
      • Retry Bruce Kahl 01/15/02