I am not senorita
I am not from your tribe
In the garden I did no crime
I am not your senorita
I am not from your tribe
If you want inside her well
Boy you better make her raspberry swirl
Things are getting desperate
When all the boys can't be men
Everybody knows I'm her friend
Everybody knows I'm her man
I'm not your senorita
I don't aim so high
In my heart I did no crime
If you want inside her well,
Boy you better make her raspberry swirl
I am not from your tribe
In the garden I did no crime
I am not your senorita
I am not from your tribe
If you want inside her well
Boy you better make her raspberry swirl
Things are getting desperate
When all the boys can't be men
Everybody knows I'm her friend
Everybody knows I'm her man
I'm not your senorita
I don't aim so high
In my heart I did no crime
If you want inside her well,
Boy you better make her raspberry swirl
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"In some of my relationships with a few of my women friends, I play a certain role. Heh, this is really getting in...I know, I hope my father's not watching this. He just doesn't know what to do. The straight-jacket's coming. But you know I always told my dad - you know, gays, lesbians, he just has to get used to it. One of the neices and nephews is gonna be one, he's just gotta get ready. So what I said was ah to Beenie, who's the love of my life. My husband understands this, that we're married. We're absolutely married. And I adore her with all my heart. And she's dated some idiots. And I hope you're watching. I want you to know what I think of you and in another life, I'll absolutely kick your ass. And I'm going to kick it right now actually, because this is for her and I'm in love with her."
I think Tori has always loved Beenie (Nancy Shanks), and been her protector of sorts "everybody knows I'm her man." Beenie was treated badly by men in her past. In my opinion... This song is a big f-you to the jerks, and a welcome to any man who can step up to the plate and treat Beenie with respect.
I'm not your senorita presumably means she isn't her lover ,
I'm not from your tribe - she isn't gay .
BUT In the garden - isn't this a reference to the 'perfumed garden ' - e.g. pussy ?
I did no crime -its aint wrong . she aint gay but she did it anyway .
Now the object ,for the want of a much better word , of the song is fantastically attractive to guys also ss here's a bit of good advice....... if you want 'inside her well ' you gotta do some serious ground work dude ! ...... raspberry swirl (swell) ...
Maybe all the young guns are not up to it ....things are getting des-desparate when all the boys can't be men .(oh god how frustrating !)
Maybe its only a woman who can get her there ... the last few seconds is clearly post orgasm . ..
I think the first stanza is written as a message to men - "I am not your senorita, I am not from your tribe," meaning she's not any guy's "little woman"/she doesn't belong to any man, and she's not from the 'tribe' of men, she's coming from a completely different perspective - the 'tribe of women,' as it were.
"In the garden, I did no crime," references the virgin/whore double-standard that so many men apply to women. Women are either "virgins" (Virgin Mary/Eve before the fall), or "whores" (Eve after the fall). This line says, in a nutshell, that men need to drop that double standard and stop thinking of women who enjoy their sexuality as "whores." Eve (and all women after her) "did no crime" in the garden of Eden for making her own discoveries, so stop placing blame on women who enjoy their sexuality.
"If you want inside her, well, boy you better make her raspberry swirl" seems to bear this up, telling men that if they really want to know women intimately - not just sexually, but emotionally and psychologically - they need to get with the program and "make her raspberry swirl." And Tori wants to make sure her women friends are protected from guys who don't care enough to make this happen by letting men know "everybody knows I'm her friend, everybody knows I'm her man."