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To: Fresh Wind

It’s down to me
The difference in the clothes she wears
Down to me, the change has come,
She’s under my thumb
(The Rolling Stones)

Why “down to me” not “up to me”?


103 posted on 02/01/2012 1:48:53 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Revolting cat!

That must be English English. It’s a different language.


115 posted on 02/01/2012 1:53:25 PM PST by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: Revolting cat!

Because it’s the better lyric for a pop song. That’s why.


196 posted on 02/01/2012 6:00:26 PM PST by clinkclink
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