Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

I Wanna Find a Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have to Go

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I wanna find me a woman who'll hold my big toe till I have to go
I wanna find a blue swirl plastic ocarina
About five miles long
And play with them sweet potatoes all night long
'cause them yams have all them eyes that yawn
'yearn down yonder below the ground
'n their golden hair is ah dirty brown
I wanna find me a woman that'll hold my big toe till I go
I wanna hold me a woman that'll find my big toe
Till I have to go
'n sow my last sweet potato.

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johnnylurg On Mar 02, 2012

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by Dia270

10y ago

People just think it's a sex / masturbation song, but according to John French it's a reference to acupressure (the big toe being one of the massage points)

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by sokorny 9y ago

@Dia270 I can see where people see sexual connotations too

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