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“Mates” as in the other socks. Cynthia presumably has a pair of red socks and a pair of yellow socks or something, but instead of wearing two reds or two yellow
by acheron 4y ago
“Mates” as in the other socks. Cynthia presumably has a pair of red socks and a pair of yellow socks or something, but instead of wearing two reds or two yellows, she is wearing one red and one yellow. Lucy and the narrator wonder if the other red and/or the other yellow are in the lunch box.
- codeulike 4y agoAh that must be an American term, in the UK we would say 'matching sock' or similar. Still it doesn't make much sense. If someone's wearing odd socks they obviously put them on at home. Why would they be in the lunchbox. And what was in the lunchbox that made Lucy cry? Also thinking about it, coffee is a weird thing for a kid at school to wish for. I think that was another reason I suspected Prince had embellished it. Kids will make up yummy or fantastic things to eat but coffee is unlikely to be one. Obviously if it was called Starfish and Pee Pee it would have been unlikely to be regarded as such a classic song. Prince knew what he was doing in the poetry sense but not in the 'realistic things for kids to talk about' sense. I bet 'side order of ham' is by prince too.