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If you have to dry the dishes (Such an awful boring chore) If you have to dry the dishes (‘Stead of going to the store) If you have to dry the dishes And you drop one on the floor Maybe they won’t let you Dry the dishes anymore
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The verse imagines escaping a tedious chore by becoming unreliable at it. Dropping a dish might persuade others not to assign the washing-up duties again. Repetition builds a mischievous argument in which apparent incompetence becomes a possible advantage for the person who dislikes the task.
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