Lyric discussion by NikSoren 

Cover art for Joan Crawford lyrics by Blue Öyster Cult

Joan Crawford was a very famous and rich actress, when she died her oldest children (both adopted and in their 40s by then) were left out of her will with the reasoning that "they know why" in Crawford's will. Shortly after that Christina Crawford released a memoire called Mommie Dearest, in which she tarnished Joan Crawford's image and that of many of her friends as being abusive to her as a child. Many people corroborated her version of the events while others claimed it was exaggerated. On BÖC's version of the events the corpse of Joan Crawford is resurrected to claim vengeance on Christina.