Re: This Woman's Work lyrics

["Alan Chamberlin" <abckid@ix.netcom.com>]

Rolf Peukert <Rolf.Peukert@Theoinf.TU-Ilmenau.DE> wrote in article
<9704251028.AA06086@maui.theoinf.tu-ilmenau.de>...
> Please excuse this probably silly question from a non-native
> speaker, but in the lines
> 
> Ooh, it's hard on the man, 
> Now his part is over. 
> 
> does "hard on" have the double meaning that i think it has?
> (would make sense somehow)
> 
> ciao,
> Rolf
> 
> 

Sorry Rolf - no double entendre here -  to paraphrase - it's difficult for
the man.

In the context of the song - once his wife is in labor, it's a difficult
time because there's nothing more he can do at that point.


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Alan Chamberlin
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