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Upside Down

Lyrics by Tori Amos

God I love to turn my little blue world upside down
God I love to turn my little blue world upside down
Inside my head the noise
Chatter chatter chatter chatter chatter
You see I'm afraid I'll always be
still coming out of my mother
upside down

Don't you love to turn this little blue girl upside down
I know you love to turn this little blue girl upside down
but my heart is says you've been
shatter shatter shatter shatter shattered
and I know you're still a boy
still coming out of your mother

But when you gonna stand on your own
I say the world is sick
You say tell me what that makes us darlin'
You see you always find my faults
faster than you find your own
You say the world is getting' rid of her demons
I say baby what have you been smokin'
Well I dreamed I dreamed I dreamed
I loved a black boy
My daddy would scream

God I'd love to turn this little blue girl upside down
Any kind of touch I think is better than none
even upside down
but you see I'm tangled up
Got a kitten in my hair
Cincinnati - I like the word
It's the only thing we can't seem to turn
upside down

Well I found the secret to life
I found the secret to life
I'm ok when everything is not ok

We turn and we turn our little blue world upside down
Don't we love to turn our little blue world
baby upside down
Inside my head a voice
Chatter chatter chatter chatter chatter
and it says girl you're all the same
Still comin' out of your mothers
still comin' out of your mothers
upside down


Tori Quotes

Sticks, rocks, food, all sundry items came into the faery donut, including my feet over my head and a little blue girl. [Little Earthquakes songbook]

The only regret I ever have is that "Upside Down" wasn't on Little Earthquakes. [Beat - July 14, 1994]


Live Versions

"Upside Down"
August 5, 1992 - Cincinnati, Ohio



"Upside Down"
October 7, 2001 - Washington, DC



"Upside Down" (with band)
August 31, 2003 - Charleston, South Carolina



"Upside Down" (with band)
October 24, 2007 - Buffalo, New York
Legs and Boots



"Upside Down"
June 11, 2010 - Manchester, Tennessee
Bonnaroo Festival



"Upside Down"
December 21, 2011 - Austin, Texas
KGSR Music Lounge



"Upside Down"
November 25, 2017 - Eugene, Oregon



"Upside Down" (with band)
June 28, 2023 - New York, New York




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