Hole – Mrs. Jones

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Sorry, man, sorry, sorry, I've got a bad eye,
I shouldn't have, I should've looked at it,
I should've looked at it, go, go away, go away
The sugar star, the sugar star, and the, the abortionist and, hey
You want her on the bed with her legs wide open and her eyes all spread

What's the matter with blackjack bones?
Mrs. Jones, aw, Mrs. Jones, aw
Cry me a river but just take me home
Oh, Mrs. Jones, aw, Mrs. jones

Sorry, man, I gotta a gut, slit me
Fuckin' ran away with my abortionist
My little eye blacked demonologist
The knife they used to, to gut my face in
It's been out stabbing baby, baby angels in
Smile, smile

The sky's all narcotic with blackjack bones
Oh, Mrs. Jones, please, Mrs. Jones,
My virus is raging, it's breaking my bones,
Oh, Mrs. Jones, please, Mrs. Jones

Die, survive, I will, I will follow you down the sick drain
When I lean on the sink
Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry, baby
You will, you will never stink so bad

I'm sorry man, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have looked at it, I'm sorry man
You night blooming sickle cell, you're a night blooming sickle cell
Carry it away, get it away
Look into the bloodroot you suicide bitch
It takes an hour like you to make me wanna live

Sorry, I'm sorry man, I'm sorry man, whoa
The skies are narcotic with blackjack bones, oh
Mrs. Jones, aw, Mrs. Jones, yeah
Come get your dog, it won't leave me alone
Oh, Mrs. Jones, please, Mrs. Jones,
My virus is raging, it's breaking my bones, oh
Mrs. Jones, please, Mrs. Jones
Oh, cry me a river baby, but just take me home
Oh Mrs. Jones, aw, Mrs. Jones

Sister ectoplasma, she's incredulous
Just like a pro she takes off her dress and she
Kicks you down in her snow white pumps
Just remember it was me who found the lie

Shit, shit
Yah, oh, yah, yah, yah
Shit, shit

Yeah, east is east and west is west
And mine was you and mine was the best
And you are east and west is west
And mine was you and mine was
Mine was gold, Mrs. Jones

Breathe
I really, don't ask me again
Don't ever talk to me like that again

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Lyrics submitted by ShiverForMe, edited by scottdoesntknow628

Track duration: 05:25


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    My Interpretation:I see this as a keeping up with the Joneses type thing....
    Flag KayKay2322997on May 15, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Abstract, surrealistic song about a back alley abortion/ a woman dying during the operation
    Flag Nimbieon April 09, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Holy shit, does no one else hear the uncanny resemblance between the first main riff of this song and the main riff on 'Dark Entries' by Bauhaus? I'm a big fan of Hole, but I almost have to say that this song rips off that riff. Could be unintentional though, 'cause it's pretty fucking simple riff, just descending power chords.
    Flag taviangoon January 21, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:anybody else think she sounds like kim gordon from the sonic youth the second time she says the "blackjack bones" lines? i know she was influenced by the sonic youth and i think kim gordon produced this album
    Flag SludgeGarden13on December 24, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:it's about an abortion, Mrs. Jones(probably a mother), somethin' in the words of that.
    Flag dark_eyez_666on June 26, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:also, courtneyu makes a reference to "the virus" women get in her "dirty blonde" book: she says it's the virus queens get, something like feminine ambition. so maybe this is the same one?

    and the "lick up the blood you suicide bitch it takes an hour like you to make me wanna live!" part is fan-f**king-tastic.
    Flag SavPixieon November 13, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:this is such an awesome song! it's very abstract and a little hard to listen to if you aren't prepared for it. i don't think it's just about any one thing, there are seedy back alley abortionists in it, and women who don't care and sleep with people because they just figure they should and don't get anything about it, and people with cancer and women with cancer in their souls. the woman, mrs. jones, (possible reference to something like "me and mrs. jones?) is a really tough woman and merciless, but at the same time she's not really all there. i don't know... it's a paranoid song, and i get a kind of vibe off it like there's some kind of voodoo going on in it.
    Flag SavPixieon November 13, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's about really dodgey back-alley abortions.
    Flag AnnettesGotTheHitson October 16, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song is definetly about abortion.
    Flag grunge girlon March 11, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i love this song, it's so insane!

    maybe it's about a girl who was raped and she gets pregnant and has an abortion. maybe an at home abortion. and she kills herself right after.

    i dunno who the fuck mrs. jones is though.
    Flag Debassplayeron January 20, 2006   Link

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