What were they thinking?
Apparently I'm not the only one stymied by the lyrics of the White Stripes song "Ball and Biscuit." After all, what is a ball and biscuit? Granted, it's a great Blues song (iTunes listed it as Alternative) with some really smokin' riffs. Others must think so, too, as when searching for the meaning of the cryptic title many sites with guitar tabs for the song showed up.
I also came up with a couple sites (here and here) who agree with my assessment that the phrase doesn't really mean anything though it obviously alludes to sex. At least it's not a phrase that is in common use. The song does refer to a seventh son, though, and that's a common phrase. Well, common enough that I've heard of it. Supposedly the seventh son of a seventh son has special, mystical abilities.
It's quite possible that I'm your third manNow to find out what the song means by third man in that and other stanzas. The IMDB lists it as a highly-rated Joseph Cotten movie, but I don't think that's what The White Stripes intended. Pretty good chance they didn't read the short story by Graham Greene, either.
But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son
It was the other two which/was made me your third
But it was my mother who made me the seventh son
And right now you could care less about me
But soon enough you will care by the time I'm done
Elephant by The White Stripes
