Girlquake

Girlquake
(Jessica Harper)

Tid-Bettes: Bette sometimes performed this song during the first leg ofÂ De Tour in 1983.Â The below lyrics are based on Jessica Harper’s recording of the song and may not reflect the same lyrics that Bette used, since Bette was prone to changing lines to better suit her style.Â Since no recording of this song has surfaced, apart from 10 seconds of a rehearsal fromÂ Entertainment Tonight, Bette’s lyrics can not yet be fully deciphered.

Here comes Katy
Cute as a calamity
How much trouble can a little girl make
She’s just a three foot visitor
So why is it I feel the house tremble
And shiver and shake

She’s gonna shake, shake
She’s gonna shake, shake, shake
Girlquake, girlquake

Now she’s in the garden
There go the roses
Now she’s in the parlor
There go the chairs
Now she’s in the kitchen
And it’s a crash-a-rama
Watch her do the loco-motion
Watch her do the who-cares

Big trouble in a small pair of shoes
She’s gonna shake you down
Look out chaser yeah she’s a taster
If the dishes had wishes they would get out of town

If Katy comes ya better hide the china
Aa better warn the mailman
And the lady next door
Half your size but twice your magnitude
A cute calamity
A seismic size for a

Girlquake, girlquake, qirlquake, girlquake
Girlquake, girlquake, qirlquake, girlquake
Girlquake, girlquake, qirlquake, girlquake
Girlquake, girlquake, girlquake, girlquake
She’s gonna shake, shake
she’s gonna shake, shake, shake
Girlquake, girlquake
she’s gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
shake, shake, shake , shake ,shake, shake.

Bette’s lyrics based on rehearsal clip

Someone’s getting frantic
This side of the Atlantic
There’s a trembling here
In my hemisphere
Gonna tell ya the facts girls
I need to relax
I’m gonna shake it
‘Till the boys come home

Girlquake
Sometimes I need a girlquake
Girlquake