Tori Amos: HEREINMYHEAD.COM

i guess i shoulda known by the way
u parked your car sideways
that it wouldn’t last
see you’re the kinda person that
believes in makin’ out once
love ‘em and leave ‘em fast
i guess i must be dumb
‘cuz u had a pocket full of horses
trojan and some of them used
but it was saturday night,
i guess that makes it all right
and u say what have i got 2 lose?
and honey i say

little red corvette
baby you’re much 2 fast
little red corvette
u need a love that’s gonna last

i guess i shoulda closed my eyes
when u drove me 2 the place
where your horses run free
‘cuz i felt a little ill
when i saw all the pictures
of the jockeys that were there before me
believe it or not
i started to worry
i wondered if i had enough class
but it was saturday night,
i guess that makes it all right
and u say, “baby, have u got enough gas?”
oh yeah

little red corvette
baby you’re much 2 fast, yes u r
little red corvette
u need 2 find a love that’s gonna last, oh-oh

a body like yours (a body like yours)
oughta be in jail (oughta be in jail)
‘cuz it’s on the verge of bein’ obscene (‘cuz it’s on the verge)
(of bein’ obscene)
move over baby, gimme the keys (move over baby, gimme the keys)
i’m gonna try 2 tame your (i’m gonna try 2 tame)
little red love machine (your little red love machine)

little red corvette
baby you’re much 2 fast
little red corvette
u need 2 find a love that’s gonna last
little red corvette
honey u got 2 slow down (got 2 slow down)
little red corvette
‘cuz if u don’t u gonna run
little red corvette right in the ground (little red corvette)

right down 2 the ground (honey u got 2 slow down)
u — u — u got 2 slow down (little red corvette)
you’re movin’ much 2 fast (2 fast)
u need 2 find a love that’s gonna last

girl, u got an ass like i never seen
and the ride… i say the ride is so smooth
u must be a limousine
baby you’re much 2 fast
little red corvette
u need a love, u need a love that’s,
that’s gonna last, oh
(little red corvette)
u got 2 slow down (u got 2 slow down)
little red corvette
‘cuz if u don’t, ‘cuz if u don’t,
u gonna run your body right into the ground (right into the ground)
right into the ground (right into the ground)
right into the ground (right into the ground)

little red corvette, baby, oh

Quotes

“The American comedian Sandra Bernhard once made an incredibly sarcastic cover version of Little Red Corvette, where I sing the backing vocals. That’s years ago, just after my hard rock LP Y Kant Tori Read flopped. So that part was covered. But now that you bring it up, I’m starting to feel a little sorry. (laughs) Prince is such an archetype, isn’t it? He is so small, and still every part of him looks so big: his hormones, his talent, his mouth, teeth, eyes, hands and probably his dick as well. He has a double portion of everything. And his songs are perfect to hang around in the head of such a super-macho. I really wanted my versions of those male songs to become ‘the word made flesh,’ like in the Bible. By interpreting their lyrics from a feminine point of view, I took possession of their seed. You take a man’s word, you take his seed. I went in their heads, and if I turn their words against them, it’s checkmate.”
– Tori; Samsonic, Sep/Oct 2001

T: I remember being in the recording studio that day. You were jumping up and down, doing your record Without You I’m Nothing, and I came in to do “oohs” for you on Little Red Corvette.
Sandra: That’s right. And they’re great “oohs.”
T: (pauses) Such a long time. And then I waited on you – remember? – at a Steven Spielberg tribute dinner. I was an usher-waitress.
Sandra: Jesus Christ.
T: And you said to me, “What are you doing here?” And I said, “I’m an usher-waitress.” And you said, “When are you gonna do something?”
Sandra: I knew you were already doing something, but I meant, When is someone gonna do something for you?
– Tori; Interview magazine w/ Sandra Bernhard, Aug 1994