The big question: Assuming they started in Leith...

[Barney Rubble]

I suppose that if you walked over all the peaks in the Scottish Highlands you could clock up 1000 miles and it would be more difficult than walking in a straight line on level ground, now that would be really showing your girl how much she means to ye :-)


Then again they could have said it when they were drunk ?

[Bongo]

where were The Proclaimers actually walking to?



or, do you suppose they didnt really mean theyd do all that walking and just get the bus and when they get there just run around a bit til they got all sweaty?

did she really want to be the woman of a man who walked a thousand miles just to fall down at her door?

never really thought about how deep this song is.

was it all just lies, hyperbole and disinterest?

They were not walking anywhere.
This song is about being devoted to a woman and wanting to spend the rest of your life with her, hence walking 500 miles or 500 more to be that man that falls down at your door.

[IrishLauraDD]

They were not walking anywhere.
This song is about being devoted to a woman and wanting to spend the rest of your life with her, hence walking 500 miles or 500 more to be that man that falls down at your door.

That's the general gist of the song, yeah, the idea of it. But it's only a guideline, like anything in life. The song is what you make of it, what you hear and what story it builds in your head. You need to be doing some out of the box thinking, and we all need to be listening to some different songs.

[Bongo]

That's the general gist of the song, yeah, the idea of it. But it's only a guideline, like anything in life. The song is what you make of it, what you hear and what story it builds in your head. You need to be doing some out of the box thinking, and we all need to be listening to some different songs.

True.
I cheated and googled it.
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1502