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I was watching a woman who walking down my street
Walking with grace so beautifully carefully
She's a big and pretty mother, big and pretty mother
Swinging her handbag back and forth so joyfully
She's drawing circles with her breasts in her jumper
Give me a big mother
Huge and loving one
I can crawl upon and
Cling to
She's a large woman
Warm and cuddly
Wet lady
Strong mother
She's walking down the street in front of my window
Whistling funky tunes in the ears of my neighbours
Give me a big mother
One that always want me
Hot embracing mother
I can crawl upon and
Cling to
You can't be safer
Can't be more secure
Than with a breast in each palm
With a breast in each palm
That's the way I was born
And thats the way I want to die
Give me a big mother
Joyful soft and wet now
That would caress me
In all those special places
Where's a strong mother
One that squeezes me
One i can crawl upon
Walking with grace so beautifully carefully
She's a big and pretty mother, big and pretty mother
Swinging her handbag back and forth so joyfully
She's drawing circles with her breasts in her jumper
Huge and loving one
I can crawl upon and
Cling to
Warm and cuddly
Wet lady
Strong mother
Whistling funky tunes in the ears of my neighbours
One that always want me
Hot embracing mother
I can crawl upon and
Cling to
Can't be more secure
Than with a breast in each palm
With a breast in each palm
That's the way I was born
And thats the way I want to die
Joyful soft and wet now
That would caress me
In all those special places
Where's a strong mother
One that squeezes me
One i can crawl upon
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kind of strangesong to be sung by a female but it's kind of a strange song anyway. Especilly the t.m.i details about breasts in jumpers lol It's about needing someone reliable who has the strong capabilites of a mother and will give them unconditional love. It could be quite satirical, about how men are always looking for somebody like their mother.
Surprised to find only one comment on this song. Agree that it's definitely a strange song coming from a female, but its such typical Bjork. When I first heard it decades ago it seemed very Freudian, but now I mostly hear the Picasso-like juxtapositions and guitar-keyboard trippiness. In the same way the characters walking their dogs in the beginning of 101 Dalmatians stereotypically resemble their pet breeds, this song captures one stereotype of a mother in a visually perfect way. Amazing if you can appreciate the beauty amongst the harsh edges of the Sugarcubes.