Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Iâ??ve been on the other side
Got my lips smacked
Now theyâ??re dry
Then you
Call me
Call me in
You think I am your possession
Youâ??re messing with a Southern girl
But my recipe is on
With your stale bread
Yeah itâ??s hot
But baby I donâ??t need your cash
So baby maybe Iâ??ll let your
Big wheel turn my fantasy
Donâ??t you throw your shade on me
Iâ??ve been drinking down your pain
Iâ??m gonna turn that whiskey into rain
Wash it away, wash it away,
Wash you away, boy
Let's go
I've been on my knees but youâ??re so hard,
Wonâ??t be pleased that you
Take me, take me in
So you are a superstar
Get off the cross, we need the wood
Somehow you will rise, but with attitude
I know, honey, youâ??re a pro
But baby I donâ??t need your cash
Mama got it all in hell now
Big wheel turn my fantasy
Donâ??t you throw that shade on me
Iâ??ve been drinking down your pain
Iâ??m gonna turn that whiskey into rain
Wash it away, wash it away, boy
Wash you away now
Gimmie eight,
A gimmie seven,
A gimmie six,
Gimmie five,
Gimmie four,
A gimmie three
I-I-I am an M-I-L-F, donâ??t you forget, M-I-L-F, donâ??t you forget,
M-I-L-F, donâ??t you forget
Baby, I donâ??t need your cash
So baby maybe Iâ??ll leave you
Big wheel turn my fantasy
Donâ??t you throw that shade on me
Iâ??ve been drinking down your pain
Iâ??m gonna turn that whiskey into rain
Big wheel turn my fantasy
Donâ??t you throw that shade on me
Iâ??ve been drinking down your pain
Iâ??m gonna turn that whiskey into rain
Gonna turn your whiskey, boy
Into rain
Wash you away
Wash you away boy
Wash you down
Big wheel.
Got my lips smacked
Now theyâ??re dry
Then you
Call me
Call me in
You think I am your possession
Youâ??re messing with a Southern girl
But my recipe is on
With your stale bread
Yeah itâ??s hot
But baby I donâ??t need your cash
So baby maybe Iâ??ll let your
Big wheel turn my fantasy
Donâ??t you throw your shade on me
Iâ??ve been drinking down your pain
Iâ??m gonna turn that whiskey into rain
Wash it away, wash it away,
Wash you away, boy
Let's go
I've been on my knees but youâ??re so hard,
Wonâ??t be pleased that you
Take me, take me in
So you are a superstar
Get off the cross, we need the wood
Somehow you will rise, but with attitude
I know, honey, youâ??re a pro
But baby I donâ??t need your cash
Mama got it all in hell now
Big wheel turn my fantasy
Donâ??t you throw that shade on me
Iâ??ve been drinking down your pain
Iâ??m gonna turn that whiskey into rain
Wash it away, wash it away, boy
Wash you away now
Gimmie eight,
A gimmie seven,
A gimmie six,
Gimmie five,
Gimmie four,
A gimmie three
I-I-I am an M-I-L-F, donâ??t you forget, M-I-L-F, donâ??t you forget,
M-I-L-F, donâ??t you forget
Baby, I donâ??t need your cash
So baby maybe Iâ??ll leave you
Big wheel turn my fantasy
Donâ??t you throw that shade on me
Iâ??ve been drinking down your pain
Iâ??m gonna turn that whiskey into rain
Big wheel turn my fantasy
Donâ??t you throw that shade on me
Iâ??ve been drinking down your pain
Iâ??m gonna turn that whiskey into rain
Gonna turn your whiskey, boy
Into rain
Wash you away
Wash you away boy
Wash you down
Big wheel.
Lyrics submitted by stentorian, edited by Misio
Big Wheel Lyrics as written by Tori Ellen Amos
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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