"88 Lines About 44 Women" by The Nails
Debra was a Catholic girl
she held out to the bitter end
Carla was a different type
she's the one who put it in
Mary was a black girl
and I was afraid of a girl like that
Susan painted pictures
sitting down like the Budda sat
Reno was an aimless girl
with geographic memory
Cathy was a Jesus freak
she liked that kind of misery
Vicky had that special way
of turning sex into a song
Kamalla couldn't, kept the beat
kept it strong
Zila was an architype
the voodoo queen, the queen of rap
Joan thought men were second best
at masterbating at the bath
Sherry was a feminist
she really had the gift of gab
Kathleen's point of view was this
take whatever you can grab
Seattle was another girl
who left her mark upon the map
Karen liked to tie me up
and left me hanging by a strap
Jeanie had this night-club walk
that made grown men feel under-aged
Mary Ellen who had a son
said I must go and finally stayed
Gloria, the last taboo
was shattered by her tounge one night
Mimi brought the taboo back
and held it up before the light
Marilyn who knew no shame
was never ever satistfied
Julie came and went so fast
she didn't even say good-bye
Well Rhonda had a house in Venice
lived on brown rice and cocaine
Patty had a house in Huston
shot cough syrup in her veins
Linda thought her life was empty
filled it up with alchohol
Katherine was much too pretty
she didn't do that shit at all
Uh-uh, not Katherine
Pauline thought that love was simple
turn it on and turn it off
Jean Marie was complicated
like some French film-makers plot
Gina was the perfect lady
always kept her stocking straight
Jackie was a rich punk rocker
silver spoon and a paper plate
Sara was a modern dancer
lean, pristine, transparency
Janet wrote bad poetry
in a crazy sort of urgency
Tanya, Turkish, liked to fuck
while wearing leather biker boots
Brenda's strange obsession was
for certain vegitables and fruit
Rowina was an artist's daughter
the deeper image shock her up
Dee dee's mother left her father
took his money and his truck
Debby Rea had no such problems
perfect Norman Rockwell home
Nina, 16, had a baby
left her parents, lived alone
Bobby joined a new-wave band
changed her name to Bobbysocks
Elouise who played guitar
sang songs about boils and cops
Terry who didn't give a shit
was just a nihilist
Rotten was more my style
cause she wrote song just like this
Jezeable went 40 days
drinking nothing but Pereire
Dinah drove her Chevrolet
into the San Francisco bay
Judy came from Ohio
she's a scientologist
Ameranta, here's a kiss
I chose you to end this list
88 lines about 44 women
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