Aladdin Lyric Game- Solved

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 14 Oct 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Black dragon	14 Oct 2003
OK then keeping my theme of great film lyrics (Erm yeah). Decided to take it up another notch from scooby-doo to the best film ever made............... Disney's ... ALADDIN. Anyway Song "One Jump Ahead" " [aladdin:] Gotta keep One jump ahead of the breadline One swing ahead of the sword I steal only what I can't afford ( That's Everything! ) One jump ahead of the lawmen That's all, and that's no joke These guys don't appreciate I'm broke [crowd:] Riffraff! Street rat! Scoundrel! Take that! [aladdin:] Just a little snack, guys [crowd:] Rip him open, take it back, guys [aladdin:] I can take a hint, gotta face the facts You're my only friend, Abu! [crowd:] Who? [ladies:] Oh it's sad Aladdin's hit the bottom He's become a one-man rise in crime I'd blame parents except he hasn't got 'em [aladdin:] Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat Tell you all about it when I got the time! One jump ahead of the slowpokes One skip ahead of my doom Next time gonna use a nom de plume One jump ahead of the hitmen One hit ahead of the flock I think I'll take a stroll around the block [crowd:] Stop, thief! Vandal! Outrage! Scandal! [aladdin:] Let's not be too hasty [lady:] Still I think he's rather tasty [aladdin:] Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat Otherwise we'd get along [crowd:] Wrong! [aladdin:] One jump ahead of the hoofbeats (Vandal!) One hop ahead of the hump (Street rat!) One trick ahead of disaster (Scoundrel!) They're quick, but I'm much faster (Take that!) Here goes, better throw my hand in Wish me happy landin' All I gotta do is jump " Ah pure class-ness. Happy guessing Black Dragon.

Dark_angel	14 Oct 2003
I'm thinking possibly The Fool; all the talk about independence, being a scoundrel, jumping and dodging responsibility so he can live his own life? xxx

Black dragon	14 Oct 2003
Sorry, It's a very good guess, but i wasn't looking at the song in that way way, but it was a good guess. Keep them coming. Black Dragon

Scorpion	14 Oct 2003
For some reason it brings to mind 7 Swords - the sheer craftiness....

Black dragon	14 Oct 2003
nope not wot i was thinking either. Black Dragon

Chronata	14 Oct 2003
Oh this is fun! I see a couple of different cards for this one! (By the way, Black Dragon...this is one of my all-time fav movies as well!) So, I'll go with my first thought...the 7 of wands?

Black dragon	15 Oct 2003
nope, not wot i was thinking anyway, I dunno if it helps but i;m looking at the Celtic Dragon tarot deck for the meaning. Black Dragon.

Kiama	15 Oct 2003
This is difficult simply because I can't get the song out of my head now! Um... 5 of Swords? What with all the conflict, people after him, they feel as though he's cheated them, etc... Kiama

Black dragon	15 Oct 2003
NOPE not wot i was thinking of again Black Dragon

Chronata	15 Oct 2003
How about...the Knight of Swords?

lunalafey	15 Oct 2003
that's a 5 of Pent?

Black dragon	17 Oct 2003
Arg none of them, OK maybe i just see something compleatly different in the card I chose, oh well someone will get it sometime. Black Dragon

Kiama	17 Oct 2003
The Magician? I'm going for the Trickster aspect of the Magician here, and because I often see the Magician as having a monkey as a pet (Aladdin's Abu is a monkey.) Kiama (I'm probably waaaay off there, but that's okay!)

Black dragon	18 Oct 2003
nope it's a minor. Black Dragon.

Dark_angel	18 Oct 2003
The Eight of Swords - he's trapped in the cycle of stealing and feels he can't break free?

Jabberwocky	19 Oct 2003
I agree with Chronata- I can see a few, but maybe . . . The Knight of Staves??

Black dragon	20 Oct 2003
yeak Nope. none of them. OK it's clear no-one will agree with me when someone does get the answer Its a Wand card. Black Dragon

Kiama	20 Oct 2003
5 of Wands? Kiama

Black dragon	20 Oct 2003
nope Black Dragon

Jabberwocky	21 Oct 2003
8 of Wands??

Kiama	21 Oct 2003
OOOH!! I think I know! I just realised what the 3 of Wands in the Celtic Dragon looks like... In that card, it focuses on a team effort to bring about something, and this is exactly what Abu and Alladdin do in this song: they do a team effort to get their food each day. So.... 3 of Wands? Kiama

Black dragon	21 Oct 2003
Well Done Jabberwocky. It was the 8 wands. I was looking at the whole moving swiftly, which is exactly what is happening in the song (and the film), he's staying ahead of the guards no matter how much they try for him!!! Anyway again with the congrats Jabberwocky, and all I have to say is Your Turn. Black Dragon.

Kiama	28 Oct 2003
Jabberwocky assures me he/she will get back to us soon with a new game. Sit tight folks! :D Kiama

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