She's Pookie's sister, that's how he was able to get the job of keeping Prince's limo warm!!

KidaDynamite said:

Man that's retarded Kida

also why does he have a bubble bath with his clothes on?? i just dont get it, love it tho!!!

also why does he have a bubble bath with his clothes on?? i just dont get it, love it tho!!!

364035 said:

I know right that was werid how he said he goes in the tub with clothes I never truly understood the how idea of this song.

Almost as weird as Starfish and Coffee

364035 said:

He keeps his pants on so that he won't end up having sex w/her b/c he already has a girl. It was such a good expirience he goes back and tries it with his girl.

Almost as weird as Starfish and Coffee

yah.. what she said ..

NastradumasKid said:

.. (not sure about this, but) that song is about a girl with a mental disability ..supposedly an old classmate of Susan's ..(langebleu has the thread)
[Edited 11/21/07 15:48pm]

Flowerz said:

mental disability where did you here that from??

a witty poet from the 30's or summin like that

364035 said:

I know right that was werid how he said he goes in the tub with clothes I never truly understood the how idea of this song.

Almost as weird as Starfish and Coffee

NastradumasKid said:

he gets in the tub with her and keeps his clothes on because he's
got a girlfriend. he even says so in the song. what's there not 2
understand about that?

later, on his own, he recreates that experience, remembering that
day when he sat with dorothy in the bubble bath with his clothes
on and what a metaphysical change it brought to his state of mind
thus allowing him to gather his thoughts again and let go of all


Hi thanks, that explains it perfect, i had an idea it was pretty much to do with what you said, i love this song!!!

the humbug in his head and in his life.

he gets in the tub with her and keeps his clothes on because he's
got a girlfriend. he even says so in the song. what's there not 2
understand about that?

IstenSzek said:

And then the next lines say:
"The phone rang, and she said
Whoevers calling cant be as cute as u
Right then I knew I was through
(dorothy parker was cool)
My pants where wet, they came off
But she didnt see the movie
Cuz she hadnt read the book first
Instead she pretended she was blind
An affliction brought on by a witchs curse"

I've always wondered about the exact meaning, but his pants definately come off!
Maybe she just didn't look at him naked?

later, on his own, he recreates that experience, remembering that
day when he sat with dorothy in the bubble bath with his clothes
on and what a metaphysical change it brought to his state of mind
thus allowing him to gather his thoughts again and let go of all
the humbug in his head and in his life.

aliuk1 said:

ah, you're right. i kind of forgot about that for a second. i'm sure you're
right - she just refused to do anything sexual probably.

Thanks for the interesting comments!

Although I'm a little confused now... your earlier post seemed to make sense but in the next paragraph he takes them off?

So does that mean that after the moment of clarity, he decided he wanted to have sex with Dorothy (but she didn't)?


(And what movie/book is that referring to?)

wildgoldenhoney said:

she didn't see the movie (didn't have sex with him) because she hadn't
read the book first (hadn't got to know him as a person with all his
stories and different sides yet, on a deeper level) so therefore she
just pretended she didn't see what he was doing and acted like there
was nothing going on but sharing a bubblebath and listening to Joni.



i think him taking off his pants after a while kinda tells us that he
was still in doubt as to how to handle the situation. but since she
didn't respond and told him "no meaningless sex, you're involved and
we don't know each other at all" it showed him another side of what
encounters like his and dorothy's can be like.

edit
[Edited 11/22/07 15:27pm]

IstenSzek said:

Thanks again! You're good at interpreting the lyrics! Are you a long-time fan?

wildgoldenhoney said:

well i've been listening to this song for 18 years now and it's one of
my fav prince tunes.

i've always been amazed at the lyrics in this song since they're so very
different from his early lyrics in which women are always the bad ones,
the ones that did prince wrong and cheat or sleep around etc. and here,
with dorothy parker it's the complete opposite.

but not just that, the complete lyrics are a work of art imo. very cool
song.

I know right that was werid how he said he goes in the tub with clothes I never truly understood the how idea of this song.

Almost as weird as Starfish and Coffee