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How'd you get your teeth so pearly?
Dew-drop dentures
White-washed faces
She runs from the third world, pearly

Vanilla (feel it crawl to me)
Milkshakes (crawl back again)
From Hard Rock (whatever you say)
Cafes (it won't go away)
That's where (I feel it crawl to me)
She got her (crawls back again)
Sweet tooth (it won't go away)
For white boys (whatever you say)

She runs from the third world, pearly

Use me
Darling use me
Darling use me
Darling use me
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shut On Nov 22, 2001
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it is "darling, use me.'

the idiots who post the lyrics for this site get it wrong half the time.

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About the shallowness of people raised on the media ideal of the perfect human being

A girl who is more concerned about what her teeth look like than happenings in the real world, which she tries to ignore, and can only love someone if they look like they fell out of Vouge magazine.

Actually sounds like most of the people I work with

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So he's addressing white worldliness, and she's not so faithful drawn to like white boys like that, it's material go out the window w.any sense of rweality , so she hurts him, because again as he said she's a flirt, like he has high standardcds of faithfullness, but they just do and act ewhatever, all crazxy , but I think I sa he found a women he counts on, and certainly though ow rare we may be the odds came aroundable for him H http://hometown.aol.com/jupiterlordjovei/ I would pay that dude or for his science if I was you first, W/$ His opinion nd communication is good idea, so any prospective female he may have met, he can count on he rlistening to know better, and know the real deal, and ofcourse she must pas shis test of knowingh

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Uh.. yeah... okay, I guess that makes sense... IF YOU"RE ON CRACK! (just joking) Okay, I think I understand what you're trying to get to, man.
I think it's about a girl from a poorer country who had a thing for white boys (god bless those third world girls!) and she wound up cheating on him or just flat out playing him. So, I understand that much from Satan about the flirt thing... Most of that, I think I'd need to do a lot of acid to fully understand, well spoken for a shroom head, Satan. Good night all.

From what I read (tough i don't member where mind you) it is in fact about, or inspired by I suppose, this group of young japanese girls who got money to follow radiohead around on tour by sleeping with wealthy business men, so I'd say your somewhat close(assuming this tale was true)

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i love ending part....

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I love the end too, although I thought it said "Darling, use me"

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so whats the asterisk for?

Also I finally got Airbag today!!

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It's supposed to be like those sparkles they put on shiny surfaces to show how bright they are. Like, just to take completely random example, pearly teeth. =)

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I really thought that he was saying "darling it hurts me," but after I saw these postings I listened to it again and he is saying "use me, darling use me." I took it that she came from a poor country, and is likely still on the bottom. I think that the vanilla milkshake is a great way the get the color white in there again, but it's also talking about her going out with white boys who probably buy her things and make her feel good about herself. She in turn gives them what they want.

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I think these lyrics are to do with ignorance of people, pushing poverty to the side and ignoring problems.

It also refers to the way people obsess over trivial things like their appearance , ie-getting perfect pearly white teeth, to avoid important issues like the thrid world.

The girl in the song "runs from the third world, pearly" meaning she opts to ignore it and stay involved in a world of blissful ignorance.

There is a constant reminder through the song that "it wont go away"