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[Highendaudiodoc]

There has been a lot of discussion of what these lyrics mean from "She's Gone" on the Black Keys' "Brothers" album.

I wanted to point out that there is a saying, "gone like a turkey through the corn." From interview footage I know the BK guys own and listen to records. We also know the group has a blues sound. Well what do you know, there is a 1960 album from Lightnin' Hopkins called "Country Blues", with a song called "Long Gone Like a Turkey Through the Corn"! See here: http://www.allmusic....es-mw0000646896 (cut 4).

Clearly, this is the inspiration for the song. Now I don't know why they changed "turkey" to "Moses." This could mean a variety of things, but they obviously wanted a "cooler" set of lyrics. Maybe it is an inside joke. Maybe they know a turkey named Moses. Maybe they are thinking of Moses crossing the Red Sea. Who knows?

All I know is I have never heard this aspect of the origin for these lyrics discussed in the past.

Enjoy!

[gina]

great research Highend!
There probably were common phrases with the old blues artists. This may be one of them.

[White Dynamite]

I just replied to someone re: exactly this. Ha! Nice.