Lyrics for Bee Girl as interpreted by Nelly

Bee Girl Lyrics
Bee girl, you're gonna die
You don't wanna be famous, you wanna be shy
Do your dances alone in your room
Becoming a star will become your doom
Bee Girl, be a girl... (2x)


You know time is long, and life is short, begin to live while you still can
Believe in nothing, believe me, those who can be trusted can change their mind
The anxious is the present, unwrap your gifts, take your time
Everything you imagined, needn't be stuck in your mind
Bee Girl, be a girl (2x)

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thewalkingman
04-15-2002

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this meaning of this song is two fold.

In the more obvious sense, it's a plea to the little girl who appeared in the Blind Mellon video No Rain, who seemed to be under the impression that she was a celebrity after her stint as "the bee girl" and went on numerous talk shows acted as though she'd opened up a new career for herself.

on the other hand, it's a plea to Blind Mellon lead singer Shannon Hoon, who had taken to the his rock star status a little too well and went a little wild with partying and drugs.

unfortunately, he later died of a cocaine overdose in his bunk on the Blind Mellon tour buss.

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danny_Horney
04-23-2004

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Yes, a message to the bee girl after meeting her and her mother. Word has it that her mother was quite the slave driver. Tough situation of an 11 year old.

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Arc_Light
11-18-2004

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Shannon Hoon, your going to die if you don't quit the band and if you don't stop drugs. Rock n' Roll is fun but its a "bitch" too! Fame simply kills some of its inductees.

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Bellyfull of Swans
01-07-2005

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On one of the bootlegs that came out in all the stores (plain whitish gray cover..one of the European shows I think) he explains that it was about Shannon Hoon.

It is obviously using the theme of the No Rain video to show how the "Kurt" thing happens to "rock stars", and a plea to keep the childish side of yourself because Adulthood and Death are waiting for you soon enough.

The Anxious is the Present...unwrap your gifts take your time....

So true

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JordyWordy
07-20-2005

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as far as i know the bee girl on the blind melon cds is shannon hoons daughter - i could be wrong but i read that in an interview with a blind melon members...either way the song is a simple take from eddies point of biew of a person who is becoming famous when it won't do them any good - something he knows about all too well - and gives his opinion on it - "becoming a star will become your doom"... if you're not ready to be in the public eye all the time, dont become a star.

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tami4
01-02-2006

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I dont know who Shannon Hoon is, but I love this song. Somehow, it always makes me cry.

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JordyWordy
01-05-2006

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shannon hoon was the singer of Blind Melon. he died of a drug overdose, duno much about him.

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vedderman
01-15-2006

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to me, its about being a shy person with great ideas, but no way to share them, except to "dance in your room"

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marigold16
02-01-2006

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yeah, something like that...

just one question:

who would name their SON shannon?

i mean, shannon hoon is awesome and all, but it's kinda weird.. unless it was a pseudonym (spelt wrong) or something... like alice cooper or marilyn manson. but really, if it is his real name... then WHY?

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bee10
03-10-2006

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well, the truth is I was selfish enough to see me in this song...when I fisrt heard, just when Lost Dogs was released, I was going through some problems and that song made total sense to me, still does...

I used to spend a lot of time alone, and I still need a lot of me-time, I dream a lot, and those dreams only exist in my head...just makes sense you know?

It's amazing...

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Hoon4Ever
03-30-2006

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Oh my fucking God! It's evident that most of you don't know ANYTHING about Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon. First of all, JordyWordy - the bee girl is NOT Shannon Hoon's daughter. His only daughter is named Nico and she was three motnhs old when he died.
Secondly, Marigold16, his real name was Richard Shannon Hoon...he just went by Shannon instead. The man may have let fame catch up to him, but he was brilliant and unique to say the least.

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JordyWordy
05-21-2006

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take a deep breath buddy, i said i dont know much about him :)

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Hoon4Ever
05-31-2006

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Sorry bro - it's just I am hugely passionate about Shannon and the music he left us. He is so missed...I didn't even know the man and it feels like a hole.

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JordyWordy
06-22-2006

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its cool. good to see u feel for ur music :)

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blackcirclespin2
05-27-2007

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bee girl is pearl jam.....you're gunna die dont wanna be famous just wanna be shy, its the way the band acted and still acts love em till the day i die but they're a bit contradictary, eddie didnt wanna be fully famous but at the same time he did cause he knew if he wasnt then the band would just die out, just do your job, be the musicians......be a girl

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Hilichris
11-17-2007

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this song has got nothing to do with blind melon, vedder and ament were asked to play an acoustic song for a radio station, they werent sure what to play, so they made a song up on the spot when they were on air, which of course the song is now called bee girl because the the lost dogs album. they only had a little structure for it, which was probably something like verse, chorus, verse.

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JordyWordy
11-19-2007

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yep. the radio station was in washington dc. but earlier that day (or the day before maybe) eddie met the bee girl, and "was concerned for her" and so wrote these lyrics. then he sang them over the song he and jeff threw together for the radio show. Its all in the liner notes of lost dogs

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Avatar-rock
01-13-2008

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On my version of Lost Dogs (sunno if its the same on them all) this song is nearly 10 minutes, and at 6:03 another 'song' starts, but its would back up the 1st few ideas mentioned about Bee girl etc. the lyrics are summat like:

so all you fools
who sing just like him
fell free to do so now
cause he's dead

using using using
using takes toll

isolation
just so happy to be one.
to be won

sad to sad to think
sad to think of him all alone

lonesome friend
we all knew
always home
you drove through(?)

no blame no blame no blame
it could be you
using you cant grow up using

so sing just like him, fuckers
it wont offend him
just me
because he's dead.

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Zero_The_Hero
02-28-2008

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That song at the end (the one that goes "so all you fools
who sing just like him") is called "4/20/02", and it's about Layne Staley of Alice In Chains. Layne was found dead on April 20th 2002.

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mopower
04-05-2008

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Thing song to me is about becoming famous without being ready for it. I do believe its about Shannon Hoon and his fame becoming huuuge within a short period of time eventually becoming his doom.

No the girl on the blind melon album is not Shannons daughter.. she was born just a couple weeks before he died I believe.

And Shannon is his middle name I believe, he used that name because his first name was the same as his fathers. Richard Shannon Hoon.

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Jewlz
09-03-2008

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Im not sure about the first bit of this song but im pretty sure that the hidden song in it which starts at 6:03 is about Layne Stayley.

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Thylacine
12-14-2009

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At the very end he whispers "thank you"
Just pointing it out. Its VERY quiet.

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