what does it mean in proud mary

What does 'pumped a lot of pain' mean in proud mary... do you know?????

found it.. the word is 'pane' not 'pain' and it means LSD

Dear friend. The word is ??tane? (octane, gasoline). John is saying that he pumped a lot of ?tane (gasoline) down in New Orleans. May be he had to work in a gas station. Thank you. Attentively: Ray

"IN ANY CASE, by this (sc. 'pane) I was able to pull out of the net what seems to be the correct explanation. According to radio personality Ken Hoffman [[1]]

| I've been having an ongoing debate with a friend about the
| words to Proud Mary. He thinks the lyrics go, "Cleaned a lot of
| plates in Memphis, pumped a lot of `tane down in New Orleans."
| He says 'tane is short for octane, meaning the writer was
| pumping gas. One night I heard Jay Leno say the same thing.
|
| Here's the correct lyric, straight from the writer John Fogerty:
|
| "Sometimes I write words to songs because they sound cool to
| sing. Sometimes the listener doesn't understand what I'm singing
| because I'm dedicated to singing the vowel, having fun with the
| word sounds coming out of my mouth. `Cleaned a lot of plates in
| Memphis, pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans,' is a good
| example. I think Tina Turner sang `tane' instead of `pain,' as
| in a contracted form of octane. But I knew what she meant,"
| Fogerty said."

i would think that "pumping pain" would mean shooting heroin, IMHO.

Tina sings "pumped a lot of tang" - as in pootie - meaning she worked as a prostitute.

hi does anybody know with what sonnete start the song proud of mary

[Jim Colyer]

I agree. It refers to pumping gas.

[aehtorod]

Originally Posted by Anonymous

What does 'pumped a lot of pain' mean in proud mary... do you know?????

At the risk of being booted off this site before I really begin (at least the moderator will learn the answer, if he or she doesn't already know), I believe the line "pumped a lot of t'ain" refers to "pumping t'aint," which is very creative slang for expressing that the singer worked as a hooker. I won't go into the anatomy lesson in order not to offend the Censorship Department, but those who know, will know. Those who don't know can look it up on http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=T'aint. (It's the second definition.) Have fun!

[marcopolo]

It is a reference to leaded gasoline: "Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, pumped a lot of 'thyne down in New Orleans.", meaning Ethyl gasoline. Song references the singer was making ends meet with jobs like dishwashing and pumping gas...