Tori Amos - Girl (October 23, 1996 - Miami, FL)

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Published 2012-02-08

During Tori's 1996 Dew Drop Inn tour, she performed Girl only once, during a very emotional night in which she got sick during the show and ran off stage. But she came back out and finished the show with some of the most intense performances of the tour and in my opinion, her career, including this gem. This version of Girl features heavy improvisation and some heartbreaking vocals, no Tori fan should go without hearing it and hopefully being touched by it in some way.

All the photos, as well as the transcription below, came from Jason Elijah's fansite, Yessaid.

www.yessaid.com/

Girl (1996)

So what
she's a woman, now
she's a woman, now
she's been hiding too long
hiding too long

and in the shadows she crawls
and in the shadows she finds a way
finds a way
and in the shadows she crawls
clutching her faded photograph
you know I'm still there now

she's been everybody else's girl
maybe one day she'll be her own
everybody else's girl
maybe one day she'll be her own

hear me
hear me
hear me
hear me
hear me
hear me
hear me
hear me
hear me
hear me
hear me

yes, oh, yeah
I know she's everyone's
everybody else's girl
everybody else's girl

sit in the chair and be good now
yes, I know
screams, screams
sitting in there and then everything
everything, everybody else's girl
maybe one day she'll be her own
everybody, yes, yes
everybody's, yes
everybody's
maybe, yes

can she hear me
can she hear me, yeah
hear me, yes
hear me, I said
hear, hear me

All Comments (7)

@kd-b7340 11 months ago

I was there! I remember when she ran off. 31-years following her career, but Dew Drop was my favorite tour -- absolutely electric! ❤
@AdamSmithMusic 2 years ago

That is the best performance I’ve heard! So glad to have it here to enjoy. I swear it’s like she’s calling to her childhood self from the future to comfort herself. With a little bit of “Angels” right there in the beginning before she starts to talk. The whole audience must have felt euphoria that night.
@potassiumiodideki 11 years ago

Holy shit, this is just incredible. What a treat to find boots like this when you think you've heard everything there is to hear.
@Poeticheretic26 2 years ago

there's gotta be video of this out there orbiting around
@thevisionaryintuitive 6 years ago

<3 Thank you <3
@RosaleedelaForet 6 years ago

I have never really loved this song and that has now changed with this - goosebumps!