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Happiness Is a Warm Gun Lyrics
She's not a girl who misses much
Do do do do do do do do, oh yeah
She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand like a lizard on a window pane
The man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrors on his hobnail boots
Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy working overtime
A soap impression of his wife which he ate and donated to the National Trust
I need a fix 'cause I'm going down
Down to the bits that I left uptown
I need a fix 'cause I'm going down
Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun
Happiness is a warm gun
Happiness is a warm gun
Do do do do do do do do, oh yeah
She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand like a lizard on a window pane
The man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrors on his hobnail boots
Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy working overtime
A soap impression of his wife which he ate and donated to the National Trust
Down to the bits that I left uptown
I need a fix 'cause I'm going down
Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun
Happiness is a warm gun
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This song made me love Pod. Where The Beatles' version is sort of happy, this is very dark and disturbing, especially when she sings the chorus over the bass pedalling. The interpretation The Breeders' made of the lyrics was that they were about heroin. It makes sense somewhat, especially with "I need a fix, 'cause I'm going down." The zippo at the beginning really seals it though. Beautiful song. It's unfortunate that Kim Deal did her best stuff while a junkie.
The Breeders didnt make this song about heroin, it was always about heroin - at the time it came out it was a very controversial song. also, it isnt (or doesnt seem to me) a happy song when the beatles did it. its a great cover and i love it to bits, but the song has always been what its about - no one has changed the meaning (who do you think mother superior was always and always will be?)
Great cover.
yup a Beatles cover, i think its better then the original
great cover.
I LOVE this cover of Happiness is a Warm Gun..probably my favorite version of it. It's always been about Heroin, and it's always been a rather dark song, but The Breeders took it one step further so you can REALLY feel it. Oh, but in the lyrics, at the end during the last "Happiness is a warm gun, happiness is a warm gun" you left out the "Bang bang shoot shoot" part. I actually hadn't caught it upon listening to this version the first time, but now that I have I actually really like that part.
Takes balls to cover the Beatles, most poeple don't pull it off. However this is inclredible, as good if not better than the origional.
I know saying this is blasphemy (especially since I’m a Beatles fan) but this is better then the original.
not blasphemy just truth. it doesn't take away from the beatles legacy just because this is a better version. they still wrote it.
not blasphemy just truth. it doesn't take away from the beatles legacy just because this is a better version. they still wrote it.
Not Blasphemy, Truth!! I created an account just to say this and look, someone else already has! Beatles are overated anywhere, Breeders did them a favor by vastly improving this song!
Not Blasphemy, Truth!! I created an account just to say this and look, someone else already has! Beatles are overated anywhere, Breeders did them a favor by vastly improving this song!
Breeders>Beatles Thanks for the soundtracks to my youth Kim!