Let's go...
I am not your senorita
I am not from your tribe In the garden I did no crime
I am not your senorita
I am not from your tribe
If you want inside her, well
boy you better make her raspberry swirl
things are getting desperate
when all the boys can't be men
everybody knows I'm her friend
everybody knows I'm her man
I am not your senorita
I don't aim so high In my heart, in my heart I did no crime
If you want inside her, well
boy you better make her raspberry swirl
Raspberry swirl
Let's go
Raspberry swirl
things are getting desperate
when all the boys can't be men
everybody knows I'm her friend
everybody knows I'm her man
Raspberry swirl
Let's go
Raspberry swirl
you want inside her world
yes, let's go
Raspberry swirl
Let's go...
and she swirls and she swirls and she swirls and she swirls...
Tori Quotes
Okay, now I don't do hair-pie. Oh god, I hope my Dad doesn't watch this, he can't deal with this stuff, but I tell him he should cause one of these days one of the nieces or nephews are going to "come out," but anyway, my husband and I are "Married" but my friend Beenie is, we are married. Now she has had some real bad relationships, there is this one, if I ever see him I'm gonna kick his ass and well. I'm gonna kick his ass right now. This is for Beenie. [performs "Raspberry Swirl"] [VH1 Storytellers - October 24, 1998]
Sometimes I feel like I become the male figure for my girlfriends and so um, its unfortunate that I can't be a man, because I think I'd be in love with all of them. But that's not my inclination, um, you know, I love them very much, so this song is about... "Things are getting desperate when all the boys cant be men, everybody knows I'm her friend, everybody knows I'm her man." and... well, they love it when I sing it to them. [giggles] [from the choirgirl hotel electronic press kit video]
The animus in me is "Raspberry Swirl." I'm in love with my women friends, but I just don't eat pussy [laughs]. But I'm still in love with them. If I had a different sensibility, then you know I think I could, you know, really fulfill someone down there, where a lot of men in their lives don't. And eating pussy is a metaphor, too -- it's about crawling in there, being with their juices, really being with them. [Alternative Press - July 1998]
Live Versions
"Raspberry Swirl" / "Professional Widow" (remix)
June 27, 1998 - Pilton, England Glastonbury Festival
"Raspberry Swirl"
October 24, 1998 - New York, New York VH1 Storytellers
"Raspberry Swirl" (with "Love to Love You Baby" & "Running Up That Hill")
November 28, 1998 - Akron, Ohio
"Raspberry Swirl" (as Santa)
December 3, 2007 - Vancouver, Canada
"Raspberry Swirl"
October 10, 2009 - Warsaw, Poland
"Raspberry Swirl"
May 11, 2014 - Manchester, England
"Raspberry Swirl"
December 3, 2017 - Los Angeles, California
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