[Me And A Gun]
Little Earthquakes
liner

5am Friday morning Thursday night far from sleep I'm still up and driving can't go home obviously so I'll just change direction cause they'll soon know where I live and I wanna live got a full tank and some chips it was me and a gun and a man on my back and I sang "holy holy" as he buttoned down his pants me and a gun and a man on my back but I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this yes I wore a slinky red thing does that mean that I should spread for you , your friends your father, Mr Ed and I know what this means me and Jesus a few years back used to hang and he said "it's your choice babe just remember I don't think you'll be back in 3days time so you choose well" tell me what's right is it my right to be on my stomach of Fred's Seville and do you know CAROLINA where the biscuits are soft and sweet these things go through your head when there's a man on your back and you're pushed flat on your stomach it's not a classic cadillac


^Interpretation^
various sources

After one performance, a fanatic member at the performance offered her a ride home and on the way he stopped and rapped her. As years past, Tori watched "Thelma and Louise" and a flood of memories came back. Afterwards, she sat outside of "Mean Fiddler" in North London during the afternoon and wrote this song just before a gig she had. As Tori does her tours, she always makes it a point to sing this a capella song in hopes to reach out to women who share her same tragic experience. During the years, Tori was able to form R.A.I.N.N. (Rape Abuse Incest National Network). On May 16th of 1997, R.A.I.N.N. Day was held at noon. During this day, most television and radio stations made a public service announcement for R.A.I.N.N.

All lyrics are written by Tori Amos.
Published by Sword and Stone, ASCAP.

Drops of Ivory 1997-2005