Mary Jane Lyrics

Lyric discussion by LindsayRebel 

Cover art for Mary Jane lyrics by Tori Amos

This song is a true story about a mother and son. And the mom feels really stupid because she thinks the son is talking about a girl. And she's down with this girl comming over because the kid is kind of a dork and anti social. The song pretty much tells itself.I heard Tori tell the story on two different boots, that's how I know this :)

It does seem self-explanatory. However, I figured the link between girl and pot was forged by Tori, feminizing marijuana to make it seem like a questionable lady in the boy's eye.

I like both your interpretations... the correspondences/mirroring/masquing between human behavior and 'objects/props' happens a lot in art-- and worse in the nightmare of life:)