Tori Amos - Hereinmyhead.com

a bouvier till her wedding day
shots rang out and the police came
mama layed me on the front lawn
and prayed for jackie's strength
feeling old by 21
never thought my day would come
my bridesmaids getting laid
i pray for jackie's strength
make me laugh
say you know what you want
you said we were the real thing
so i show you some more and i learn
what black magic can do
make me laugh
say you know you can turn
me into the real thing
so i show you some more and i learn
stickers licked on lunch boxes
worshipping david cassidy
yeah i mooned him once on donna's box
she's still in recovery
sleep-overs beene's got some pot
you're only popular with anorexia
so i turn myself inside out
in hope someone will see
make me laugh
say you know what you want
you said we were the real thing
so i show you some more and i learn
what black magic can do
make me laugh
say you know you can turn
me into the real thing
so i show you some more
and i learn
i got lost on my wedding day typical
the police came
but virgins always get backstage
no matter what they've got to say
if you love enough you'll lie alot
guess they did in camelot
mama's waiting on my front lawn
i pray i pray i pray
for jackie's strength

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The US Jackie's Strength Remix single features six versions of Jackie's Strength by remixer Warren Rigg

Inspired by Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. "I saw Jackie as a bride - and I used to think I would never be a bride. I started to look to Jackie and how that woman held the country together after she watched her husband get cut down right in front of her."

"This wonderful boy had asked me to marry him, and of course I said yes, but I was shocked. You know, there was a part of me that had sworn that would never happen. You fantasize about what it would be like on that day, and then you fantasize about never having that day. Then you're a vigilante and you will never have it. The, all of a sudden, there it is, and you're wondering, 'are we going to make it? half of all marriages end in divorce. is that us?' That was all going on as I got lost on my wedding day."