Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
I don't need a whole lots of money
I don't need a big, fine car
I got everything that a man could want
I got more than I could ask for
I don't have to run around
I don't have to stay out all night
'Cause I got me a sweet, a sweet lovin' woman
And she knows just how to treat me right
Well my baby, she's all right
Well my baby, she's clean out of sight, don't you know that
She's
She's some kind of wonderful
She's some kind of wonderful
Yes she is, she's a
She's some kind of wonderful
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
When I hold her in my arms
You know, she sets my soul on fire
Ooh, when my baby kisses me
My heart becomes filled with desire
When she wraps her lovin' arms around me
It 'bout tires me out of my mind
Yeah, when my baby kisses me chills run up and down my spine
Well my baby, she's all right
Uh, my baby, she's clean out of sight, don't you know that
She's
She's some kind of wonderful
She's some kind of wonderful
Yes she is, she's a
She's some kind of wonderful
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now is there anybody got a sweet little woman like mine
Got to be somebody, got, got a sweet little woman like mine
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
I'm talkin', talkin' 'bout my baby
She's some kind of wonderful (yeah)
Talkin' 'bout my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
Talkin' 'bout my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
I'm talkin' 'bout my baby
She's some kind of wonderful (my baby, my baby)
I'm talkin' about my baby,
(My baby, my baby) she's some kind of wonderful
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah my baby, my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
Talkin' 'bout my baby
(My baby, my baby) she's some kind of wonderful
I'm talkin' 'bout my baby
(My baby, my baby) she's some kind of wonderful
I'm talkin' 'bout my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
She's some kind of wonderful
I don't need a big, fine car
I got everything that a man could want
I got more than I could ask for
I don't have to run around
I don't have to stay out all night
'Cause I got me a sweet, a sweet lovin' woman
And she knows just how to treat me right
Well my baby, she's all right
Well my baby, she's clean out of sight, don't you know that
She's
She's some kind of wonderful
She's some kind of wonderful
Yes she is, she's a
She's some kind of wonderful
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
When I hold her in my arms
You know, she sets my soul on fire
Ooh, when my baby kisses me
My heart becomes filled with desire
When she wraps her lovin' arms around me
It 'bout tires me out of my mind
Yeah, when my baby kisses me chills run up and down my spine
Well my baby, she's all right
Uh, my baby, she's clean out of sight, don't you know that
She's
She's some kind of wonderful
She's some kind of wonderful
Yes she is, she's a
She's some kind of wonderful
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now is there anybody got a sweet little woman like mine
Got to be somebody, got, got a sweet little woman like mine
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
I'm talkin', talkin' 'bout my baby
She's some kind of wonderful (yeah)
Talkin' 'bout my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
Talkin' 'bout my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
I'm talkin' 'bout my baby
She's some kind of wonderful (my baby, my baby)
I'm talkin' about my baby,
(My baby, my baby) she's some kind of wonderful
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah my baby, my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
Talkin' 'bout my baby
(My baby, my baby) she's some kind of wonderful
I'm talkin' 'bout my baby
(My baby, my baby) she's some kind of wonderful
I'm talkin' 'bout my baby
She's some kind of wonderful
She's some kind of wonderful
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