Playboy Mommy
Home
In my platforms
I hit the floor
fell face down
didn't help my brain out
then the baby came
before I found
the magic how
to keep her happy
I never was the fantasy
of what you want
wanted me to be
Don't judge me so harsh little girl
so you got a playboy mommy
but when you tell em my name
and you want to cross that
Bridge all on your own
little girl they'll do you no harm
cause they know
Your playboy mommy
but when you tell em my name
from here to Birmingham
I got a few friends
I never was there was there when it counts
I get my way
you're so like me
you seemed ashamed
ashamed that I was
a good friend of American soldiers
I'll say it loud here by your grave
those angels can't
ever take my place
Don't judge me so harsh little girl
so you got a playboy mommy
but when you tell em my name
and you want to cross that
Bridge all on your own
little girl they'll do you no harm
cause they know
Your playboy mommy
but you just tell em my name
tell em my name
i've got a few friends
somewhere where the orchids grow
I can't find those church bells
that played when you died
played Gloria
talkin bout
Hosanah
don't judge me so harsh little girl
you've got a Playboy Mommy, come home.
But when you tell them so, just my name
you'll cross that bridge all on your own
little girl they'll do you no harm
Because they know your Playboy Mommy
But I'll be home, I'll be home
to take you in my arms.
"I didn't know when I was gonna make another record when I got pregnant. I was going to put things on hold for a while. But the music became vital again, as it always seems to. Songs started to come, and they showed me different ways of feeling and expressing, ways that surprised me. Playboy Mommy dealt with my feelings of rejection - 'Wasn't I good enough to be your mother, didn't you want me? Well, don't come then. Go choose some little right-wing Christian for your mother.' It's a human response."
From "Tori Amos: Her Secret Garden", Rolling Stone #789, June 1998, by Steven Daly
"I saw her very much as a Magdalene figure. I saw her as someone who had become quite disreputable because of the means she used to survive. There was something in me that aligned with this disreputable woman that people have a hard time with. Sometimes you have to accomplish things in not-so-pretty ways. I saw strength in her. She can do things that those women accepted in the literary circles cannot do because she can swallow.
"And as much as I love Alanis - I love that girl from head to toe - but Alanis, What were you going down on him in a theater for? To pick up your Coca-Cola? Give me a break! But this woman in Playboy Mommy, she'll swallow. She'll swallow a billion seeds to protect this little girl."
From Alternative Press "Tori Amos gets right to the
point", July 1998