I always thought he said "dollared up in virgin white" but it doesn't really matter:
but all you ladies and you gentlemen
between's all you've ever seen or been
fit poorly and arrange the sight
doll her up in virgin white
I think he's singing about his experience on the Academy Awards, when he was woefully out of place among the Celine Dions ... he came out in an all-white tuxedo and played "Miss Misery" to the super-rich Hollywood crowd, uncomfortably, with an orchestra backing him. "Fit poorly and arrange the sight" seems to suggest that Elliott believed he didn't belong there.
Considering his song was easily the most powerful, important one of the nominees, and that he lost to Celine Dion's piece of overwrought trash, I think he was right...
I always thought he said "dollared up in virgin white" but it doesn't really matter:
but all you ladies and you gentlemen between's all you've ever seen or been fit poorly and arrange the sight doll her up in virgin white
I think he's singing about his experience on the Academy Awards, when he was woefully out of place among the Celine Dions ... he came out in an all-white tuxedo and played "Miss Misery" to the super-rich Hollywood crowd, uncomfortably, with an orchestra backing him. "Fit poorly and arrange the sight" seems to suggest that Elliott believed he didn't belong there.
Considering his song was easily the most powerful, important one of the nominees, and that he lost to Celine Dion's piece of overwrought trash, I think he was right...