(This can be found on the "Walk On" single, the "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" single, and the 7 mini album.)

As long as the night is colored blue and black
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
As long as you're on your knees and she's not on her back
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

Avenue Atlantico, 1702
She's coco butter
Baby she's the glue
She's got a baby at her breast
She knows big girls are best
Momma momma momma

I'm gonna change like the weather hot to cold
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
She keeps it all together she's got the motherlode
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
She feels it - every sensation
She's got a smile like salvation
She's got a baby at her breast
She knows big girls are best

Sexy momma, momma, momma
Sexy momma, momma, momma

She's elliptical, also political
Also spiritual, not superficial
Yeah, she's tropical
Yes, she's illogical
Those little girls are a pest
Big girls are the best

As long as the night is colored blue and black
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
As long as you're on your knees and she's not on her back
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

She can taste every sensation
She's got a smile like salvation
She's got a baby, a baby at her breast
She walks like she talks
Big girls are best

Big girls, momma, momma, momma
Sexy momma, momma, momma
Sexy momma, momma, momma

My momma



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    General Comment:I think he is talking about a black and/or latin american girl who is carrying a baby at her breast, and how much sexier and more womanly interesting she is, than any of the young girls around.
    Flag allescon January 19, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:they sure had some fun in the studio during recording this one, i like the zoo station rhythm track, sexy beat...

    it seems like bono was improvising on the mic here and getting some wild imagery:

    She's elliptical, also political
    Also spiritual, not superficial
    Yeah, she's tropical
    Yes, she's illogical
    Those little girls are a pest
    Big girls are the best

    What this means specifically you have to ask Bono.
    She´s the tide in Mysterious Ways, she´s as close to God you can get. That´s what I think is one interpertion.
    Flag HankSayson December 11, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with U2fanz.

    Also, I want to add that the most beautiful women I have ever seen are ones who own who they are and so have "a smile like salvation." Whether you are talking about lovely Brazilian women walking down the beach in G-strings or the astounding beauty of a mother nursing her child, women are most beautiful when they are confident and conscious. The whole package: spiritual, logical, political, beautiful.

    BTW, those of you who think pregnant, post-pregnant, or nursing mothers are just fat and unattractive are not paying attention. Many are among the most amazing-looking and amazing-being women because they encapsulate and grow new life. Now that takes confidence!

    Lastly, Bono talks about "Big Girls" in the book "Bono in Conversation" being originally the rockin' supermodels he knows (Christ Turlington, for example) who do it all and have it all together. I'm sure he includes his wife who has her own charities, businesses, and runs a house with Bono and their four children, as well as all the other women who give it their all.

    I love this song. It feels like a big shout out to me!
    Flag U2mommaon July 19, 2009   Link
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    Song Meaning:I think all of the above are wrong. Everyone has been trying to figure this out since 2004??

    Avenue Atlantico, 1702 ...the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sexy, tropical, coco butter, big girls? Has to be brazilian women!! Anyone who has been to brazil would agree.
    Flag u2fanzon May 05, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:How many more U2 songs have the word 'sex' or 'sexy' in them? I can't think of any.
    Flag suede67on January 18, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:yeh its probably about ali when she was still breast feeding her baby and still had preganancy weight
    Flag Indieluveron February 18, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Every time I listen to this song, I hear Oasis. The songwriting style and the singing style are so reminiscent of the Gallagher brothers, I would have sworn it was a cover version of an Oasis song I've never heard before. Is it just me?
    Flag PencilNeckedGeekon February 07, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I'm going to have to agree with Keyser Sushi on this one.
    Flag angel4peeaceon January 15, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:There's a dual meaning of course... "big girls" doesn't have to mean fat girls.

    It also can mean older women. As in "You're a big girl now." Opposite of a little girl.

    I mean we put a lot of emphasis on youth and the nubile beauty of young girls, but young girls are fickle and don't know who they are or what they want. Older women know what they want and who they are and are comfortable with it. They make better companions.

    Big girls are best.
    Flag Keyser Sushion August 16, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Motherhood Tribute
    Flag Arcadianon May 16, 2005   Link

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