Twisted
Bette Midler Lyrics

How ya doin' girls? Long time, no see
A casual greeting to some old friends after a long time since their last meeting.

Listen, I've been to the doctor lately
The singer has visited a physician recently.

Honey, I just spent forty dollars to hear that from that guy?
The singer has paid $40 to hear what the doctor (referred to as 'that guy') had to say.

My analyst told me
The artist's psychoanalyst informed her.

That I was right out of my head
The analyzer diagnosed her with being insane or having a mental abnormality.

The way he described it he said
The psychoanalyst explained the details of the singer's diagnosis.

"You'd be better off dead
The analyzer suggested the singer would be better off not existing anymore.

Than alive"
The analyzer suggested that the artist's life -as she knew it- was not worth living.

I didn't listen to his jive
The artist did not take the analyzer's advice or he did not know what he was talking about.

I knew all along he was all wrong
The artist knew for a long time that she was not crazy even though the doctor said otherwise.

And I knew that he thought I was crazy
The singer was aware that the psychoanalyst deemed her to be insane or had some form of psychosis.

But you know I'm not, oh, no
The artist assures her audience that she is not insane.

He said I need treatment
The psychoanalyst prescribed or suggested the singer undergo some form of therapy.

But I'm not that easily led
The singer is not easily influenced, especially where her health and psychology are concerned.

He said I was the type that was most inclined
The psychoanalyst made a generalized statement about the personality traits of people that could undergo similar diagnoses as the singer's.

When out of his sight
The psychoanalyst assumes that the artist's behavior changes or becomes erratic when she is not under his care or supervision.

To be out of my mind
The psychoanalyst thinks that the artist's behavior and thought patterns are irrational, illogical or bizarre.

And he thought I was nuts
The psychoanalyst believed that the singer's behavior and thought patterns epitomized madness or insanity.

No more ifs or ands or buts
The singer is adamant and unequivocal in her assertion that she is not insane, despite her diagnosis.

They say as a child I appeared a little bit wild
People believed the artist was wild or had an unconventional personality when she was a child.

With all my crazy ideas
The artist harbored unconventional ideas and concepts in her mind when she was a child.

But I knew what was happenin'
The artist believed she was aware of what was happening in her life even though people thought she was crazy.

I knew I was a genius
The singer believed that she was a genius as a child due to her unconventional ideas and thought patterns.

What's so strange when you know that
The artist does not believe it is weird to think she was a genius as a child with all her crazy ideas.

You're a wizard at three?
The singer regards her behavior and thought patterns at three years old as that of a prodigy or genius.

I said, "Baby, this is meant for me, me, me, me"
The singer realized that her unconventional thought patterns and behavior was destiny and something she was meant to do.

I heard little children were supposed to sleep tight
The singer is aware of the societal belief that children are supposed to sleep soundly at night.

That's why I drank a fifth of vodka one night
The artist drank a significant amount of vodka in a bid to fall asleep since she believed children were supposed to sleep tight at night.

My parent's got frantic, didn't know what to do
The artist's parents became worried and confused by her behavior after drinking a lot of vodka.

But I had saw some crazy things
The singer had seen things that were unconventional or bizarre before she drank the vodka.

Before I came to
The singer became unconscious or passed out after drinking vodka without the expected sleep she sought.

Now, do you think I was crazy?
The artist turns to her audience and asks if they think she was crazy based on her unconventional behavior.

I may have been only three but I was swingin'
The artist is confident that she was still a cool and self-possessed child even with her unconventional and crazy ideas.

They all laughed at A Graham Bell
The artist cites examples of people who were laughed at in their time due to their unconventional thinking such as Alexander Graham Bell.

They all laughed at Edison
The singer cites Thomas Edison as another example of a person who was ridiculed for his unconventional thinking.

And also at Einstein
The artist cites the notorious example of Einstein as yet another genius who was initially ridiculed for his thinking and ideas.

So why should I feel sorry if they just
The singer is not apologetic about her unconventional thinking and ideas if the likes of Edison and Einstein were ridiculed as well.

Didn't understand the reasoning and the logic
The singer believes that those who ridiculed her misunderstood her logic and reasoning as they did with other unconventional geniuses in history.

That went on in my head
The singer's unconventional ideas and thinking process was in her head and something only she fully understood.

I had a brain, it was insane
The artist believes that her brain was working at a different level than most people's mind and was causing some of her unconventional thinking.

So I just let them laugh at me
The artist was not affected by the ridicule or people making fun of her as she saw her genius and the potential of her unconventional thinking.

When I refused to ride on all those double-decker buses
The singer's unconventional thinking was such that she did not feel comfortable riding on such buses, and it was due to the absence of the driver on the top part of the bus.

All because there was no driver on the top
The absence of a driver on the upper part of the double-decker bus was what caused the singer to refuse to ride them.

Aaaaaaah
An expression of frustration and incredulity by the artist.

"Did you ever hear a story like that in your life?
The artist asks her audience if they've ever heard such an unconventional story before.

Honey, that chick is bananas
The artist is labeled as unconventional or crazy, to the extent of being referred to as bananas.

Do you hear?
The singer asks her audience if they can hear her or her story.

Bananas, oh, waiter, bring me another banana Daiquiri, would ya?
The artist's story is so weird and unconventional that one of the people she is talking to calls her bananas and then orders another alcoholic drink.

Ba, ba, ba, ba!
A series of accompanying sounds as the song enters the chorus.

"Oh, here she comes again"
The singer is about to continue with her story or address something else unconventional about herself.

Badada, badada, badada Wo!
An instrumental part of the song.

But I said, "Doctor
The artist is addressing her psychoanalyst again.

I think that it's you instead
The artist thinks that her psychoanalyst is the one that is abnormal or has mental issues.

'Cause I got a thing that's so unique and new
The singer has an exclusive and new thing that most people do not have or understand.

It proves that I got the last laugh on you
The singer's unconventional thinking and ideas will ultimately vindicate her and prove that she was right all along, to the psychoanalyst's disbelief.

'Cause instead of one head, ooh, I got two
The artist has a two-headed approach to things or is unconventional in her way of thinking, capping off her claim of being unique and proving the psychoanalyst wrong.

And you know two heads are better than one
The artist believes that unconventional thinking or ideas, coupled with reserve or normal ones, are better than just the ordinary ones the psychoanalyst believes in.

"Honey, she is twisted"
The singer is described as being twisted or unconventional.