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Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah
Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah
Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah
Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah
Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah
Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah
Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah
Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah

It's gotta be big
It's gotta be big
It's gotta be big
It's gotta be big
It's gotta be big
It's gotta be big
I said it's gotta be big
It's gotta be big

Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah
Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah
Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah
Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah

It's gotta be big
It's gotta be big
I said it's gotta be big
It's gotta be big
It's gotta be big
It's gotta be big
I said it's gotta be big
It's gotta be big

Beautiful angel
Calling
"We got every re-run of Muhammed Ali"

Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah
Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah
Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah
Now honey bring it close to my
Now honey bring it close to my lips, yeah

It's gotta be big
It's gotta be big
I said it's gotta be big
It's gotta be big
I said it's gotta be big
It's gotta be big
I said it's gotta be big
It's gotta be big
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Cover art for Professional Widow lyrics by Tori Amos

"[Professional] Widow is my hunger for the energy I felt some of the men in my life possessed: the ability to be king. I wasn't content just being a muse. I was the creative force. I was in relationships with different men where if they could honour that, they couldn't honour the woman, and if they could honour the woman, they couldn't honor the creative force..."

"As I got to know Widow, I began to really adore her candor. She was so cut off from so many other parts of being, but here she is, deliciously convincing him to kill himself so she doesn't have to leave fingerprints on his body. She'll make sure he showers before this all begins. She's ready to extract what she wants from him, the current won't be what she wants until he's dead. Whatever his addiction is, she's convincing him that mother mary will supply it."

"'Give me peace, love and a hard cock': because you can't have one without the other. For her to really say, 'are you gay?/are you blue?' that same person has had to say 'give me peace, love, and a hard cock,' because if I hear Peace and Love one more time! That is so full of shit!"

Cover art for Professional Widow lyrics by Tori Amos

I honestly believe this song IS about Courtney Love. Every word and every meaning. When Tori sings starfucker shes referring to Courtney Love. Love wanted to do whatever it took to get famous. Sleep with rock stars etc. She tried to sleep with Billy Corgan only for his fame. She met Kurt and knew she hit the big times.

The selling his baby part is referring to Courtney Love's father. He has made a career out of writing books about Courtney and Kurt. Neither of them get along. Love's father was once the music manager of the grateful dead. Her father is obsessed with fame too.

Totally agree with the drug reference at the end. Heroin was their drug although Courtney preferred coke and Kurt preferred Heroin to soothe is stomach issues.

The Peace and Love at the end really puts the cherry on the ice cream. Courtney got the Love from peace and love to create her stage name. She said so herself. She wanted to identify with the hippy culture she grew up in.

'she tried to sleep with billy corgan'? omg they had a relationship and for your info by billy's own words he and courtney are 'to these days great friends, a relationship that has survived through the years while so many others havent'.

i like people always trying to dismiss courtney's music and her own right success, and seeing her only for her need for fame. the woman has written one of the best song ever years after cobains death, and despite her wanting to be so famous as so many clearly think,she decided against giving it up in a soundtrack...

Before they had a relationship, and before she dated Cobain, Courtney Love was trying to date Corgan. He wouldn't give her the time of day so she went with Kurt. You canhear Courtney discuss this in the VH1 Behind the Music interview.

She was having an affair with Corgan when they were in Europe and the week after Kurt was found dead, she was with him in Arizona at a resort.

Corgan went off on a rant about Courtney and her fake, fame whoring self on twitter last year. He wrote music for her latest album and told her he...

Actually, neither of you two have a clue.

But you especially, Janebb9

Life is more complicated than anything set out in the few paragraphs of a rock biography or the columns of a gossip rag. No-one does or says anything because of one thing in particular, no-one feels just one thing when doing anything or behaving a certain way. People are contradictory and conflicted as hell. There are two, three and more sides to every story and deeper levels to things that neither you romantic feminists or cold blooded little misogynists can dream up in your tiny minds.

Yes Courtney...

Cover art for Professional Widow lyrics by Tori Amos

I think it's quite sarcastic, she's viewing men in a single-minded way and in that maybe accusing men of viewing women in a single-minded way by doing that.

She's never flatly denied it was about Courtney. I think it may have links to her, but it's not simply about her. It's about lots of stuff. Tori's songs are never simple & that's why she's so amazing.

Cover art for Professional Widow lyrics by Tori Amos

I want to know what, "We got every re-run of Muhammad Ali" means.

Cover art for Professional Widow lyrics by Tori Amos

lol. verryberry, i could see your point of veiw on this... yoko definately had control over john. she was a very manipulating woman just like the woman in this song... good call.

Cover art for Professional Widow lyrics by Tori Amos

"Don't blow those brains yet, we gotta be big boy" Could it be Tori accusing Courtney of seeing the suicide as a cash oppurtunity?

Cover art for Professional Widow lyrics by Tori Amos

I find the Courtney Love interpretation fascinating. Further evidence supporting this include the "Mother Mary, china white... Brown may be sweeter, may be sweeter..." section, she's obviously referring to the Heroin that Courtney and Kurt did together - just as Yoko was responsible for dosing John's heroin so to was Courtney - basically they handled the supply of drugs fed to the men (partly as a means of control I imagine)

She will supply, she will supply, she will supply, she will supply, supply, supply." section

Cover art for Professional Widow lyrics by Tori Amos

For some reason, this song reminds me of Courtney Love.

Doesn't it remind everyone of Courtney Love? Hah.

they resemble alot in style.but courtney love bit more rock I'd say Tori more pop

Cover art for Professional Widow lyrics by Tori Amos

I remember reading a magazine article that was talking about Courtnye Love, and the writer just flatly assumed that this song was about her. It could be, but it's about a bunch of other things, too. It has that whole steriotypical South flavor like "Little Amsterdam," and it's kind of about a woman who lives in a time and place where she can't have power, so she does everything through her husband. And she's evil, too. I love that last line.

Cover art for Professional Widow lyrics by Tori Amos

i don't know if this song is about courtney love, but if it is its def not accusing her of killing kurt - 'Don't blow those brains yet, we gotta be big boy'

 
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