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Betty's Body Lyrics
Anybody but Betty (x4)
I could be the lover
Of anybody but her
I could be the lover
Of anybody but her
I see her every morning
And watch her fingers forming
Shapes that are as graceful
As a baby's face full
Of hope until it turns to
A neediness that burns through
Your heart like it was butter
In the mouth of someone's mother
Betty's body, Betty's body
Betty's body, Betty's body
A certain scent of perfume
Makes me think of her room
And how I'd like to be there
Lightly touching her bare
Back and gently soaking
In the sweet unspoken
I could be her lover
If it weren't for Mother
Betty, Betty
If you met me, you'd forget me
Betty, Betty
I am so shy, every day I
Secretly cry since my mom died
Anybody but Betty (x4)
I could be the lover
Of anybody but her
I could be her lover
If it weren't for Mother
Of anybody but her
I could be the lover
Of anybody but her
And watch her fingers forming
Shapes that are as graceful
As a baby's face full
Of hope until it turns to
A neediness that burns through
Your heart like it was butter
In the mouth of someone's mother
Betty's body, Betty's body
Makes me think of her room
And how I'd like to be there
Lightly touching her bare
Back and gently soaking
In the sweet unspoken
I could be her lover
If it weren't for Mother
If you met me, you'd forget me
Betty, Betty
I am so shy, every day I
Secretly cry since my mom died
Of anybody but her
I could be her lover
If it weren't for Mother
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This is one strange tune.
I want to know why the protagonist's Mother's death keeps him specifically from Betty.
Maybe he is in love with his sister?
Maybe he is in love with his sister?
It's because he could never liberate himself from the psychological gridlock instilled by his sheltering/overprotective mother. It's because that even though she's dead, her influence still looms over him and controls his will.
It's because he could never liberate himself from the psychological gridlock instilled by his sheltering/overprotective mother. It's because that even though she's dead, her influence still looms over him and controls his will.