Album: A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...to a Blind Horse (1971)

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• Tim from North Mankato, MnCarlos: The song is about Ronnie Lane's father (Stan Lane, Sr.) and growing up in a bombed out area of east London. I found a December 1983 interview with Ronnie Lane in which he discusses "Debris" and other songs... "Oh, "Debris" is basically about my old man. Yeah, the Debris used to be… The Debris was down… not Petticoat Lane. Adjoining Petticoat Lane-- which is famous, everybody knows about it—is another market called Club Row, and that was all on Debris. People just used to come out there with all their chuck-outs and flotsam and jetsam and spread it out on the Debris, you know? And my father used to go down there every Sunday. Every Sunday morning, he’d take me down there and he’d root around for hours in all this s--t! (Laughter) And, uh, it wasn’t until I was in New York that I realized that I quite missed it! I was feeling homesick at the time." The complete interview can be found at http://the-faces.com/lane/ints/2lane1.htm .
  
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• Carlos from São Paulo, BrazilCould someone confirm if Mr Ronnie Lane, in this song, is talking to his father? I knew it since the LP record was launched here in my country. But due to the natural difficulties to catch the meanings in English I never went far to understand what is was about. Maybe a song for his wife or girlfriend. But it's really another story. Thanks. C.Alberto / São Paulo - Brazil.

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