What's this odd game that’s all over the airwaves
It's their, loose lips
That lay me so sick with an ear pinned down on your chest
And all I heard were sighs from that shotgun
That she hides so well so well under that dress, my my, what an awful mess
Does that dress fit alright?
I want to know why it falls off and on
Are you okay, baby?
Hopefully Mississippi will end you like it did me
I’m a cabaret, a champagne café everyone uses to celebrate,
I’m just not ready to rot and dance and laugh to the sweetest death I ever had
And oh my, you look awful with a mouthful of sex like drugs, but I just can’t seem
To switch off this machine that turns ivory into kerosene
Does that dress fit alright?
I want to know why it falls off and on
Are you okay, baby?
Hopefully New York City will lose you like it did me



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    I picture them in a bedroom, both drunk or somewhat under the influence. And she is lusting for him.

    1. I like the idea that the song is loosely based on Ralph Ellison's novel like web250 said.

    2. I think promisexkept is right in her interpretation of a failing relationship and the girl he loves is a whore (at least 4 the moment).

    -The song is beautifully sung "does that dress fit alright?" "My, my you look/ awful/ with a mouthful/ of sex like drugs....I just can't seem to switch off this moon she matters on the ivory and kerose-eene"

    And my favorite part...I've got glass eyes that have died (dined) so many times, with thighs and sighs that scream gotta get mine.

    The songs not about anorexia, why would he be involved with an anorexic chick?? Plus the words would be different. It's not about cheating, and it's not about pregnancy.

    And this is just what i think...WHat does a girl have in her mouth besides his manhood? --My, my you look awful with a mouthful of sex like drugs. Plus this sure would be a way to seduce someone. Which to me is what this song is about. "He's just not/ ready to rot, and dance, and laugh, to the sweetest death/ I've ever had. Mind-blowing sex with someone you've experienced thousands of times...but you know its only for that sake. The life of their love has died.

    Nittyon January 18, 2007   Link

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