Tori Amos - Hereinmyhead.com

some boy you are
to take me by the hand
through an elevator
got a little red line
that tells you, boy
where the razor's been

you said, girl if you think
you can turn that violator
you'll finally be that woman, yes
finally be that woman
that's been frozen
in that pretty silver gown

i've never seen blue
like the blues he drives
in and around
and through me again
i said, i've never seen eyes
like a blues he drives
in and around
and through me again
through me again
through me again

some boy you are are
to wear my color red
to wear it very proudly
and wear it like a lady
knows how to cross her legs
where the birdie's been

i've never seen blue
like the blues he drives
in and around
and through me again
said i've never seen eyes
like the blues he drives
in and around
and through me again
through me again
through me again

© Sword & Stone

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Never Seen Blue was performed for the first time at WNEW FM, New York, NY on February 5, 1996 as an introduction to Sugar. This version is availabe on the Goddess bootleg.

"Ok, this is uh..this is another b-side. I think this was out on the Jackie's Strength thing. This was supposed to make Boys For Pele and it didn't. Then it was supposed to make this record and it didn't so - it's making BCN today!"
-- Tori; radio interview WBCN 104.1FM, Boston, MA, 11/17/98

"On Jackie�s Strength I have two unreleased songs that are coming out as part of the CD [single], as part of the Jackie package. Obviously Jackie is one, and Never Seen Blue, and the third track is called Beulah Land. These two songs were also written for Boys For Pele and recorded for it but weren�t right, so I held them, and now they feel current. They feel like their time is now."
-- Tori; TVGEN/Yahoo Chat, Aug 5, 1998
Tori said there was one thing that has been kept out of the media, and she can only thank her girlfriends (and some boyfriends) that have been loyal to her. In between her Sylvia Plath and heavy classics and non-fiction, she used to have books like The Flames of Love, etc. Trashy romance novels. She felt ashamed, but was so hooked on them. But one day she was talking to Beenie and was reminded how she used to always read them but not anymore, and why was that? "Because I met this guy, he's no white knight, but I wrote this for him." and went into Northern Lad. After she finished, she told us, "I'm really not supposed to talk about him, see we made a deal; I married him."

At this point, there was a problem with one of the lights, so everything stopped while Kevyn gave Tori a "Lip Gloss Boost" and then asked if the person with the last question wanted to ask it now during the break. Chris stood up and told her back in '96, he was one of about 8 people at this radio station and she had played a new song, that is now Never Seen Blue. He wanted to know where it had come from. Tori was a bit surprised; "I did? I sang that? Oh shit. See, it's about the same guy that I'm not supposed to talk about about and I lied about Northern Lad and I don't have another lie." And she played it. So beautiful.
-- an account of VH1 Storytellers on October 24, 1998 by Beth Coulter via The Dent