HW: lyrics

[M Holmes]

Denis Regenbrecht writes:

> Doug Pearson wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:30:26 GMT, M Holmes <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK> wrote:
> > >D-RIDER
> > >=======
> > >Our course determined by our stars
> > >My momma knows just where we are
> >
> > Wouldn't this be "My MANNA knows ..."?
>
> I don't think "Manna" would fit.
> First, with "manna" instead of "momma" the whole sentence doesn't make
> any sense.
>         "My manna knows just where we are"
> sounds very strange to me (I'm not a native speaker however). But it
> does make more sense with "momma" IMHO.
>
> Second, in the first verse it says
>         "We are children playing in the sun"
> The "momma" could be related to "children".
>
> >As in magic(k)al power/energy,
>
> BTW, manna with two n's is not magical energy. Manna is an edible
> substance created by the Jewish and Christian God.

Which some scholars believe to have been mushrooms.

FoFP