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My Little Pill - Single Mothers/Women? My Little Pill Lyrics
Artist: Prince (Buy Prince CDs) Album: Vault-Old Friends 4 Sale My Little Pill...what are your thoughts about this tune? What's a single woman with no real man 2 do? Tryin' 2 raise your kid when he couldn't give a damn about U All my cares and troubles dive right off my window sill Everytime I pop my little pill A pixie does my laundry and the universe my will All my cares and troubles dive right off my window sill All my cares and troubles dive right off my window sill Everytime I pop my little pill Is this about birth control or drugs? | |
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not exactly sure, but as a single mother i can tell U it is very hard to raise your own child when the father doesnt give a hoot.
mine is 12, homeschooled - educated by yours truly. i dont pop pills, but whatever it is i'm taking..its working cuz yes - the universe does indeed do my will and there's always a pixie in my laundry. me. my innocence raped my trust betrayed my mind deceived my heart in smitherines and u've got the gall to breathe. | |
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All my thoughts go towards you on this one, superkiss.
My now 80-year old mum brought up two children [me&my brother] on her own when my father died of cancer when we were respectively 14 months and six years old. She had no help from our too distant family and no car. She said what she found the hardest is decision-making: having to take all the big decisions regarding your children on your own, without being able to discuss them with someone close, having his opinion... But she made it, and without pills, so it is possible. And Prince, to answer your question - "What's a single woman with no real man 2 do?": have faith in her own strengths. superkiss said: not exactly sure, but as a single mother i can tell U it is very hard to raise your own child when the father doesnt give a hoot.
mine is 12, homeschooled - educated by yours truly. i dont pop pills, but whatever it is i'm taking..its working cuz yes - the universe does indeed do my will and there's always a pixie in my laundry. me. | |
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Us single moms rock
Im a single mom as well and with a 12 year old. I also have been raising her by working full time and I dont pop pills. So Prince listen up I think you need to quit popping pills yourself if you think that about single mothers. [Edited 4/24/08 5:52am] Smurf theme song-seriously how many fucking "La Las" can u fit into a dam song 
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indeed we do.  my innocence raped my trust betrayed my mind deceived my heart in smitherines and u've got the gall to breathe. | |
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The lyrics are definitely sympathetic for single mother's...and very possibly, the song is sarcastic in a sense that attacks, anti-depressants...
A pill does not chase away a man that doesn't love his kids or his wife...I do not know Prince's exact meaning...but the feeling Prince deliver's is compassion...as he seems to share the grief of a woman under these circumstances. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight... | |
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It's about drugs. Could be Valium...could be Zoloft...could be her kid's Ritalin. Same idea as "Mother's Little Helper" by the Stones. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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There's something about this line:
All my cares and troubles dive right off my window sill that I don't get. It's repeated throughout which makes me think there's more to it....I suppose if one pops a pill and hallucinates, the feeling is like diving...but the same could be true for an egg that is expelled....? | |
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Since it is a rare Prince lyric that does not flat-out state what he means I would say the 'little pill' means some kind of drug, and the window sill lyric could be a reference to suicide, or just the attempt at, under the influence of such drug. | |
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Twinkly1 said: There's something about this line:
All my cares and troubles dive right off my window sill that I don't get. It's repeated throughout which makes me think there's more to it....I suppose if one pops a pill and hallucinates, the feeling is like diving...but the same could be true for an egg that is expelled....? You're overthinking it. It just means the problems go away...fly out the window. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Also, this line:
A pixie does my laundry and the universe my will Pixie? Cleanining up the "dirty laundry"? RU-486? The song was released in 1999 (The Vault); at the same time the U.S. and Germany lifted the ban on RU-486, the abortion pill. The universe my will?  | |
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Twinkly1 said: Also, this line:
A pixie does my laundry and the universe my will Pixie? Cleanining up the "dirty laundry"? RU-486? The song was released in 1999 (The Vault); at the same time the U.S. and Germany lifted the ban on RU-486, the abortion pill. The universe my will? Oh, good grief. Again...overthinking. 
It just means she goes to her happy place and all her troubles go away. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Genesia said: Twinkly1 said: Also, this line:
A pixie does my laundry and the universe my will Pixie? Cleanining up the "dirty laundry"? RU-486? The song was released in 1999 (The Vault); at the same time the U.S. and Germany lifted the ban on RU-486, the abortion pill. The universe my will? Really? It just seems to simple for Prince....but I got it. Oh, good grief. Again...overthinking.
It just means she goes to her happy place and all her troubles go away. | |
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You guys know about this was one of the 'I'll Do Anything' tracks right? The songs were gonna be sung by the characters. | |
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NouveauDance said: You guys know about this was one of the 'I'll Do Anything' tracks right? The songs were gonna be sung by the characters.
Yup. And this track was going to be sung by the woman who just took RU-486. Right?  We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Genesia said: NouveauDance said: You guys know about this was one of the 'I'll Do Anything' tracks right? The songs were gonna be sung by the characters.
Yup. And this track was going to be sung by the woman who just took RU-486. Right? Stranger things have happened. | |
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NouveauDance said: You guys know about this was one of the 'I'll Do Anything' tracks right? The songs were gonna be sung by the characters.
No, I don't know, please enlighten me.... | |
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Twinkly1 said: NouveauDance said: You guys know about this was one of the 'I'll Do Anything' tracks right? The songs were gonna be sung by the characters.
No, I don't know, please enlighten me.... http://en.wikipedia.org/w...o_Anything http://prince.org/msg/7/116565  | |
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NouveauDance said: Twinkly1 said: No, I don't know, please enlighten me.... http://en.wikipedia.org/w...o_Anything http://prince.org/msg/7/116565 Thanks. | |
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Genesia said: It just means she goes to her happy place and all her troubles go away.
i dont know what he means, but thats what it means to me. i also agree with u about the over-thinking, getting all CIA over a song is a bit much imo.  my innocence raped my trust betrayed my mind deceived my heart in smitherines and u've got the gall to breathe. | |
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superkiss said: Genesia said: It just means she goes to her happy place and all her troubles go away.
i dont know what he means, but thats what it means to me. i also agree with u about the over-thinking, getting all CIA over a song is a bit much imo.
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Twinkly1 said: superkiss said: i dont know what he means, but thats what it means to me. i also agree with u about the over-thinking, getting all CIA over a song is a bit much imo.
yeah yeah lol i c u, take a seat  my innocence raped my trust betrayed my mind deceived my heart in smitherines and u've got the gall to breathe. | |
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Teh he turns around and makes "future baby momma" Prince is nuts. | |
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Dayclear said: Teh he turns around and makes "future baby momma" Prince is nuts.
where i come from that means 'perfectly sane'. my innocence raped my trust betrayed my mind deceived my heart in smitherines and u've got the gall to breathe. | |
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