Bones, bones brittle little bones
It's not the milk you seek
It's the sun you need
And the sleek sleek skeleton I hold
Where are the hidden folds
Where's the meat that you eat

Total boy
Tells me stories
Sometimes they make me sorry
I need another
I need another
Sugar doughnut and muffin baby
This world is going crazy
I think I'm through listening to you

Bones bones brittle little bones
Its not the milk you see
Its just the sun you need
And the sleek sleek skeleton I hold
Where are the hidden folds
Where is the meat that you eat

Gonna make some plans
Wait and see
Turn it off
Turn me on
Open your eyes look around you
Fuck what you heard
You were lied to

Sweetheart
Sick body part
Sickheart
Sweet body part

Bones, bones brittle little bones
Its not the milk you seek
Its the sun you need
And the sleek sleek skeleton I hold
Where are the hidden folds
Where's the meat that you eat


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Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby Lyrics as written by Nicholas Shanahan Thorburn

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    "fuck what you heard you were lied to"

    Damn right we were! Contrary to what most people believe, drinking milk doesn't make your bones stronger. In fact, it actually makes them weaker. The vitamin D that we get from sunlight is healthy for your bones.

    mcthomon June 02, 2006   Link
  • +1
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    maybe its about whitney houston and bobby brown?

    petietothecoreon April 10, 2006   Link
  • +1
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    maybe its about being skinny and being whitney and bobby and don't call me a skinny crack head biznach bobby... call me queen.

    triciaagogoon April 12, 2006   Link
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    nice interpretation samanthasecretagent... Before I read that I was hearing the song as a guy who was sick of his skinny girlfriend. He prefered someone with a little booty (where's the folds" Noot only does she deprive herself of food, but she is vapid (double meaning for total void--her stomach and the girl's personality. Also, the kidneys are the most important organ in activating (beta-hydroxylating) vitamin D, sunlight only plays a minor role. I listen to this song while inserting hemodialysis catheters in patients without functioning kidneys. all of them require vitamin D supplementation with already activated vitamin D. Most of them don't hear the song because they are sedated while I work on them, but I hear the song and always smile when it comes on, thinking of ex girlfriends who were skinny. too much info? oh well

    qwerty67on November 29, 2007   Link
  • 0
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    i really like it, but what does this song mean?

    Luckypenny821on March 02, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    i'm pretty sure that it's about eating disorders and the pressure to be thin.

    rhapsodicalxon March 23, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    ...this is a cover. I think. It's really a song by The Unicorns. Unless I've been misinformed.

    etakorzon April 16, 2006   Link
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    etakorz...you're probably thinking of the song "jellybones" by the unicorns. but i thought it was odd to have so many references to bones since his former band's most popular song was also about bones.

    cutmyvainon April 17, 2006   Link
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    Nooope. Not Jellybones. Uhm. If you look throught The Unicorns Lyrics index, it also lists a Don't Call me Whitney Bobby.

    etakorzon April 17, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    two of the members from Islands were in the unicorns, so everyone gets their songs mixed up. they opened for metric

    megsbeeon April 17, 2006   Link

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