Don't be scared
I've done this before
Show me your teeth
Show me your teeth
Show me your teeth

Don't want no money (want your money)
That shit's ugly
Just want your sex (want your sex)
Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
Take a bite of me
Show me your teeth (let me see your mean)

Got no direction (no direction)
I need direction
Just got my vamp (got my vamp)

Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
Take a bite of me, boy
Show me your teeth (the truth is sexy)

Tell me something that'll save me
I need a man who makes me alright (man who makes me alright)
Just tell me when it's alright
Tell me something that'll change me
I'm gonna love you with my hands tied

Show me your teeth (just tell me when)
Show me your teeth (open your mouth boy)
Show me your teeth (show me whatcha got)
Show me your teeth, teeth, teeth, teeth

Got no salvation (no salvation)
Got no salvation
Got no religion (no religion)
My religion is you
Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
Take a bite of me, boy
Show me your teeth (I'm a tough bitch)

Got my addictions (my addictions)
And I love to fix 'em (and I love to fix 'em)
No one's perfect
Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
(And I'm not a bad woman) show me your teeth
I just need a little guidance

Tell me something that'll save me
I need a man who makes me alright (man who makes me alright)
Just tell me when it's alright
Tell me something that'll change me
I'm gonna love you with my hands tied

Show me your teeth (just tell me when)
Show me your teeth (open your mouth boy)
Show me your teeth (show me whatcha got)
Show me your teeth, teeth, teeth, teeth
Show me your teeth

How (my religion is you)
How (my religion is you)

Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs (my religion is you)
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man (my religion is you)
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs

Tell me something that'll save me
I need a man who makes me alright (man who makes me alright)
Just tell me it's alright
Tell me something that'll change me
I'm gonna love you with my hands tied

Show me your teeth (just tell me when)
Show me your teeth (open your mouth, boy)
Show me your teeth (show me whatcha got)
Show me your teeth teeth, teeth, teeth
Show me your teeth
It's not how big, it's how mean

It's not how big, it's how mean
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
Show me your teeth, open your mouth boy
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
My religion is you
Show me your teeth, teeth, teeth, teeth
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
I just need a little guidance
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
Show me your teeth, teeth, teeth, teeth


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Teeth Lyrics as written by Peter W. Bender Edward Theodore Riley

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  • +5
    General Comment

    I have two different comments I'd like to make about this song.

    First off, I have to agree with mimsycby. From one perspective, I interpret this song as naughty, passionate, rough intimacy. It's all about letting loose and just giving into pure carnal instinct, a.k.a. biting, scratching, animalistic sex. This song is so deliciously sexy and naughty, and even borderline S&M when she says "I'm gonna love you with my hands tied". Definitely my second favorite from The Fame Monster (my first is Speechless).

    Onto another completely different perspective. I'm quite surprised no one has mentioned this yet, because this is the first thing I thought of when I heard the song. In my personal opinion, I can totally envision the influence of vampires in this specific song. With vampires becoming so popular due to Twilight and other shows/books as of recently, just the reference of "teeth" alone gives me this sexy erotic image of vampires just going at it; biting at each other during sex & whatnot. The song itself has such a upbeat, jazzy, blue-sy, soulful vibe. Very reminiscent of music from Louisiana. In a way it reminds me of the vampires on the show True Blood. Just my opinion! If Lady GaGa ever made a music video to this song, I definitely think that she should take on a vampire theme and story line in it, because this song reeks of vampire references.

    All in all, one of the best on The Fame Monster! I love this song! Very well done!

    idreamofdiamondson November 30, 2009   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    I always heard it as "Healthy man, now show me your fat." This makes more sense.

    luisiscoolbeanson March 20, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    This song is siiiiiiick! Love it.

    strykerchickon November 18, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    firstly i love this song, its one of my favs secondly whenever i hear it the beat always reminds me of the jungle book when the elephants are marching lol

    fabulicious-frankieon November 27, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Fear of the Truth.

    Show me your teeth = Show your true colors

    DeNi3Lon November 28, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    hmmm.... this reminds me of an article i read when bluetooth came out that strangers would send a message through bluetooth to randomers asking were they 'feeling toothy' meaning horny for stranger sex! not really relevant (or is it?!!!)

    very S&M song i love it :)

    FionaKon January 05, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    i think it's about a vampire since she says "help man now show me your fangs""take a bite of my bad girl meat" like mabey the neck area.and "just got my vamp"

    xxdudeitsbellaxxon May 09, 2010   Link
  • +1
    Song Meaning

    As we all know, Gaga is both asexual and a virgin. This song delves into her fantasy life of dentistry, which pleases her like no genitals can. She imagines herself as a very experienced oral mechanic. The procedure taking place in the song is a routine cleaning, and Gaga slowly grows frustrated with her anxious patient, coaxing him as such: "Don't be scared I've done this before Show me your teeth"

    Gaga first disses her patients love-parts then, in a fit of hipsteria, ironically begs for sex from said patient: "That shit's is ugly Just want your sex (want your sex)"

    As a glimpse into the mindset behind her asexuality, Lady Gaga simply explains: "No one's perfect"

    Simply beautiful.

    Source: I am a little monster

    inolyricsson August 21, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    As soon as I heard this song I was so amazed by it!!!! It's so different from her other stuff, it just hit me right between the eyes and totally knocked me out! It's a great one to listen to in your car with the volume turned right up. I would describe it as dirty satanic gospel - absolutely incredible. And I think it's fairly obvious what it's about..........

    Nilobabyon November 24, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    one word. Dick.

    thats what its about. haha

    I love it.

    2cute2bstraiton November 25, 2009   Link

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