TORI AMOS | HEREINMYHEAD.COM | lyrics | talula (the tornado mix)

LYRICS

he's chasing tornados
i'm just waiting calmly
chasing her, hey

talula
talula
you don't want to lose her
she must be worth losing
if it is worth something
talula
talula
she's brand new now to you
wrapped in your papoose
your little fig newton

say goodbye to the old world

ran into the henchman
who severed anne boleyn
he did it right quickly
a merciful man
she said 1+1 is 2
but henry said that it was 3
so it was
here i am

talula
talula
i don't want to lose it
it must be worth losing
if it is worth something
talula
talula
she's brand new now to you
wrapped in your papoose
your little fig newton

and jamaica
do you know what i have done
mary m weaving on said
what you want is in the blood senators
i got big bird on the fishing line
with a bit of a shout a bit of a shout
a bit of an angry snout
he's my favourite hooker of the whole bunch
and i know about his only bride
and how the russians die on the ice
i got my rape hat on
honey but i always could accessorise
and i never cared too much for the money
but i know right now
that it's in god's hands
oh but i don't know who the father is

talula
talula
i don't want to lose him
he must be worth losing
if it is worth something
talula
talula
he's brand new now to you
wrapped in your papoose
your little fig newton

he's chasing tornados
and i'm just waiting calmly

IMPROVS

n/a

MUSICIANS

written by Tori Amos

REMIXES

n/a

FEATURED ON

UK Talula (Part 1 & 2) singles

US Talula single

Twister Soundtrack

COMMENTS

The original version of Talula begins with different intro-lyrics:

congratulate you
said you had a double tongue
balancing cake and bread
say goodbye to a glitter girl

which was later replaced by the Tornado Mix intro-lyrics:

he's chasing tornados
i'm just waiting calmly
chasing her, hey

The Tornado Mix also ends with extra lyrics:

he's chasing tornados
and i'm just waiting calmly

"And it keeps moving into the dance of Talula, and her desperately trying to dance, desperately trying to figure out the whole idea of loss: it must be worth loosing if it's worth something. So if I feel like I am loosing something, at lease I valued something enough to loose it in the first place... it's going back into that train of thought. Talula is very much a riddle. The loss of Eric in my life was... it felt like half of me walked out the door. And Talula came as a nursery rhyme, my little dance that I would do when things were so sad. Because I started thinking 'but God, I have these feelings, which means...' we shared so many moments that I value, I really valued that, so what a gift that I can feel this loss, that I am not so numb, that I haven't cut myself off so much, and once I could feel the loss then I started to feel free. I want to dance and go 'yeah, I want to be with Talula. I want to be able to dance through the people that come in and go out of your life. I want to learn how to dance with the gifts when they come and the gifts when they need to take a different route.'"
-- Tori; B Side, 05/96

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