Girl

Album: Little Earthquakes (1992)
Play Video
  • From in the shadow she calls
    And in the shadow she finds a way finds a way
    finds a way
    And in the shadow she crawls
    Clutching her faded photograph my image under her thumb
    Yes with a message for my heart
    Yes with a message for my heart

    She's been everybody else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own
    Everybody else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own

    And in the doorway they stay
    And laugh as violins fill with water
    Screams from the bluebells can't make them go away
    We'll I'm not seventeen but I've cuts on my knees
    Falling down as the winter takes one more cherry tree

    She's been everybody else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own
    Everybody else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own

    Everyone else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own
    Rushin' rivers thread so thin limitation
    Everyone else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own
    Dreams with the flying pigs turbid blue and the drugstores too safe
    In their coats anda in their do's yeah
    Everyone else's girl maybe one day maybe one day one day one day
    She'll be her own
    Smother in our hearts a pillow to my dots

    And in the mist there she rides
    And castles are burning in my heart
    And as I twist I hold tight
    And I ride to work every morning wondering why
    "sit in the chair and be good now"
    And become all that they told you
    The white coats enter her room
    And I'm callin' my baby callin' my baby callin' my baby callin'
    Everybody else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own
    Everybody else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own
    Everybody else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own Writer/s: Tori Ellen Amos
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

90210 to Buffy to Glee: How Songs Transformed TV

90210 to Buffy to Glee: How Songs Transformed TVSong Writing

Shows like Dawson's Creek, Grey's Anatomy and Buffy the Vampire Slayer changed the way songs were heard on TV, and produced some hits in the process.

Martin Page

Martin PageSongwriter Interviews

With Bernie Taupin, Martin co-wrote the #1 hits "We Built This City" and "These Dreams." After writing the Pretty Woman song for Go West, he had his own hit with "In the House of Stone and Light."

Donald Fagen

Donald FagenSongwriter Interviews

Fagen talks about how the Steely Dan songwriting strategy has changed over the years, and explains why you don't hear many covers of their songs.

Goodbye, Hello: Ten Farewell Tour Fake-Outs

Goodbye, Hello: Ten Farewell Tour Fake-OutsSong Writing

The 10 biggest "retirement tours" that didn't take.

Subversive Songs Used To Sell

Subversive Songs Used To SellSong Writing

Songs about drugs, revolution and greed that have been used in commercials for sneakers, jeans, fast food, cruises and cars.

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith

Steven Tyler of AerosmithSongwriter Interviews

Tyler talks about his true love: songwriting. How he identifies the beauty in a melody and turns sorrow into art.