Lyrics for Dirty Business as interpreted by anna118k

Dirty Business Lyrics
Raise your glass
We have incorporated
Place your bets
We're all so sick of waiting
Queen takes jack
You got me this time but i'll get you back
So pick a number

To all the ones who tried the most was I supposed to cheer your efforts
Sorry that I chose so poorly
Golly gee am I the poster girl

She's the kind of girl who looks for love in all the lonely places
The kind who comes to poker pockets stuffed with kings and aces
She's the kind of girl who only asked you over when its raining
Just to make you lie there catching water dripping from the ceiling

Lift your hats
Off to the checkout girls with tattooed backs
They'd make an angels' skin crawl
If you ask them for assistance
There's an even chance
You'll get a number

To all the girls at pearl the surly boys who get to masticate them
I've a prize for each and every one of you so just be patient
To all the ones that hated me the most a toast
You really had me
going for a second I was nervous
boy am I the poster girl

She's the kind of girl who gets her slings and arrows from the dumpster
The kind who tells you she's bipolar just to make you trust her
She's the kind of girl who leaves out condoms on the bedroom dresser
Just to make you jealous of the men she fucked before you met her

To all the ones who thought they knew me best a test to prove your prowess
Who was mine in '99? I want last names and current status
To all the ones that hated me the most a toast you really had me going for second
I was nervous boy am I the poster girl
for some suburban sickness
Better keep a healthy distance
Now its up to you know what to do
it's pretty dirty business

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potatoboy
02-16-2006

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i love the hamlet references

"nobody outcrazies ophelia!"
-the simpsons

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sullyd8869
02-27-2006

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i love this sond i cant wait for the new album to drop i think this song is about the dresden dolls as a band like them and the whole brigade and the fans really i love the line "to the checkout girls with tattooed backs
theyd make an angels skin crawl
if you ask"

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The_Lovecats
03-19-2006

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This is a great song !!
:D

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CoinXOperatedXGirl
03-24-2006

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Ah! I fucking LOVE this song! Every time i hear the piano, i wish i could just play like that, but thats kind of impossible for me coz i never really properly learnt staff notes and all that jazz and just play random cords a lot... which isn't very good when you need to read piano notes :P I'm a little confussed in what this song could be about. Someone help me out here?

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Fallenpetal
03-30-2006

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I love this song so much!
No idea what it means though... maybe that's why I like it so much, it keeps me puzzling over it.

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nimzay
04-08-2006

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here's the lyrics to the version on their myspace:

Raise your glass
We have incorporated
Place your bets
We're all so sick of waiting
Queen takes jack
You got me this time but i"ll get you back
So pick a number

To all the ones who tried the most was I supposed to cheer your efforts
Sorry that I chose so poorly
Golly gee, am I the poster girl?

She's the kind of girl who looks for love in all the lonely places
The kind who comes to poker pockets stuffed with kings and aces
She's the kind of girl who only asked you over when its raining
Just to make you lie there catching water dripping from the ceiling

Lift your hats
Off to the checkout girls with tattooed backs
They'd make an angels' skin crawl
If you ask them for assistance
There's an even chance
You'll get a number

To all the girls at pearl the surly boys who get to masticate them
I've a prize for each and every one of you so just be patient
To all the ones that hated me the most a toast
You really had me going for a second I was nervous boy, am I the poster girl?

She's the kind of girl who gets her slings and arrows from the dumpster
The kind who tells you she's bipolar just to make you trust her
She's the kind of girl who leaves out condoms on the bedroom dresser
Just to make you jealous of the men she fucked before you met her

To all the ones who thought they knew me best a test to prove your prowess
Who was mine in '99? I want last names and current status
To all the ones that hated me the most a toast you really had me going for second I was nervous, boy am I the poster girl
for some suburban sickness? Better keep a healthy distance
Now its up to you know what to do its pretty
Dirty business

Ive read 'the dresden dolls diary' on blogger and I remember a post where Amanda tells about a ten year highschool reunion.. and the part "Who was mine in '99? I want last names and current status" makes me think of that.

I love this song more and more each time I listen to it.

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mockingsmile
04-16-2006

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What's the Hamlet reference?
In the CD lyrics it says "boys who get to masticate them." Were they made to censor it, or is chewing your girlfriend a new trend I didn't know about?

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mockingsmile
04-16-2006

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Wow, I just got it, I think!

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Pharaoh_Katt
04-27-2006

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The more I tihnk about nimzay's idea the more it grows on me; a highschool reunion. She's gone back and everything's changed because she's famous.

"She's the kind of girl..." ~ This is what they thought and said about her while she was in school.

"To all the ones who tried the most..." ~ The classic "big achievers"

"Lift your hats
Off to the checkout girls with tattooed backs..." ~ Those who are STILL working in a checkout after all those years.

"To all the ones that hated me the most..." ~ They hated her in school, and still do, but they're trying to be civil, even friendly. But she isn't fooled, she knows they hate her.

"To all the ones who thought they knew me best a test to prove your prowess..." ~People who are saying "we were best friends" but in reality they didn't get along in school.

Poster Girl could refer to her being placed on a pedistool because she is famous. The rest perhaps describing the events of the reunion. Anyway, that's what I thought, after reading nimzay's post of course.

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oxycontin
04-28-2006

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hmmb.

"to all the girls at pearl"
is that refering to PEARL art store on pearl street in boston? i saw kimya dawson play there once in the middle of the arts of craft section. it was badass.

originally thought of this because of the line "to the checkout girls with tattooed backs".

all the people who work at pearl are ult-tendy.

anyway. bits of this song reminds me of an exgirlfriend.

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destroyalltacos
04-28-2006

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Amanda has said that they changed it to "masticate" because there were already two other songs on the album that mentioned masturbating ("shores of california" and of course "first orgasm") and they were afraid if they made it 3 they'd keep getting interview questions like "why is your album all about masturbating?".

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elms
04-30-2006

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What's the Hamlet reference?

The one I picked up on was "she's the kind of girl who gets her slings and arrows from the dumpster." It's a reference to Hamlet's "to be or not to be" soliloquy, which refers to "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune," describing unfortunate things that happen to you. The line in the song makes me think of a girl who's sort of a bottom-feeder, not very classy... even her problems come from the dumpster.

Any more?

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OnePerfectDay
05-04-2006

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I know someone like this "She's the kind of girl who looks for love in all the lonely places
The kind who comes to poker pockets stuffed with kings and aces
She's the kind of girl who only asked you over when its raining
Just to make you lie there catching water dripping from the ceiling"

She makes up crap to make peopel like her (especially guys) and she uses guys alot....and it all makes sense to me!

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giv_emhellkid
05-07-2006

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i really like this song possibly my farvorite D.D song

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giv_emhellkid
05-07-2006

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i really like this song possibly my farvorite D.D song

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giv_emhellkid
05-07-2006

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i really like this song possibly my farvorite D.D song

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lizzieluvs2play
05-12-2006

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I agree with the ideas mentioned about her classmates. Maybe not a high school reunion, but at least an "Ode to the assholes from my adolescence" type of thing. The "she" mentioned seems to be herself and she is talking about what they thought about her. I think everyone has to deal with misconceptions about themselves from other people, and this is kind of her way of saying, "haha, where are you now, and look how well I'm doing." When you are successful a lot of people who didn't like you in the past probably pretend that you are good friends, and who wants to take that?

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CoinXOperatedXGirl
06-12-2006

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I agree with you Lizzie.

It may not necessarily be a high school reunion thing, but i think the song has a 'look at me now' scenario to it. She could be talking about what her classmates or peers saw her as. Misconceptions.

Like 'She's the kind of girl who looks for love in all the lonely places, the kind who comes to poker pockets stuffed with kings and aces' maybe this is what she thought people 'back then' percieved her as.

I don't know for sure...
But thats my two cents...

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candystripe
06-23-2006

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Does anyone know what shes shouting?

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xdani961
06-24-2006

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thats exactly what i was wondering candystripe.to me it sounds like "bang bang" then "mickey mouse" lol but i dont kno for sure.

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xdani961
06-24-2006

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thats exactly what i was wondering candystripe.to me it sounds like "bang bang" then "mickey mouse" lol but i dont kno for sure.

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Wengistein
06-25-2006

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I think the "mickey mouse" bit may be "make 'em out."

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xdani961
06-26-2006

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what about:
" bangbang....make him/me mad? "
cuz its about this girl who does crazy shit that would make someone mad.

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Deadmaster
06-26-2006

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"Poster Girl could refer to her being placed on a pedistool because she is famous." - I actually think it's slightly more than that: she's wonders if she's the "poster girl" for the kids who were trodden on and never very important at school (the "suburban sickness"), but then blossomed into famous and talented people later in life.

I also agree with CoinXOperatedXGirl, it's definatly got a "look at me now" feel to it. I'm not sure if it's about a high school reunion, but I wouldn't be suprised if it is.

I love this song.

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A Red Hotel
06-28-2006

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by xdani961 on 06-24-2006 @ 04:13:45 PM
thats exactly what i was wondering candystripe.to me it sounds like "bang bang" then "mickey mouse" lol but i dont kno for sure.
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ha yah..

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