Rip Her To Shreds

Album: Blondie (1977)
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  • (Hey! Psst Psst! Here she comes now)
    Oh, you know her, would you look at that hair
    Yeah, you know her, check out those shoes
    She looks like she stepped out of the middle of somebody's blues

    She looks like the Sunday comics
    She thinks she's Brenda Starr
    Her nose job is real atomic
    All she needs is an old knife scar

    Yeah, she's so dull, come on rip her to shreds
    She's so dull, come on rip her to shreds

    Oh, you know her, "Miss Groupie Supreme"
    Yeah, you know her, "Vera Vogue" on parade
    Red eye shadow! Green mascara!
    Yuck! She's too much

    She looks like she don't know better
    A case of partial extreme
    Dressed in a Robert Hall sweater
    Acting like a soap opera queen

    Yeah, she's so dull, come on rip her to shreds
    She's so dull, come on rip her to shreds

    She got the nerve to tell me she's not on it
    But her expression is too serene
    Yeah, she looks like she washes with Comet
    Always looking to create a scene

    Yeah, she's so dull, come on rip her to shreds
    She's so dull, come on rip her to shreds
    She's so dull, rip her to shreds

    Oh, you know her, "Miss Groupie Supreme"
    Yeah, you know her, "Vera Vogue" on parade
    Yeah, you know her, with the fish-eating grin
    She's so dull

    Yeah, she got the nerve to tell me!
    Huh, she's so dull
    Yeah, there she goes now
    She making out with King Kong
    She take her boat to Hong Kong
    Well, bye bye sugar
    And not a minute too soon Writer/s: CHRISTOPHER STEIN, DEBORAH HARRY
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Ian from Nyc, NyI've heard a dozen theories about who this song is about. I'm reasonable sure it wasn't about Spungen. Another popular theory is Cherry Vanilla. Still another that it's about some groupie that was with David Johansenn. I honestly think it's about how people talked about Debbie herself.
  • Linc from Beaumont, TxDon't we all know someone like this!
  • Mark from London, EnglandThe record company's cynical marketing campaign for this single featured a picture of Debbie Harry, only, with the tag-line: "Wouldn't you like to rip her to shreds?", causing consternation among womens' rights groups.
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