Sometimes It's a Bitch
 

Written by J. Bon Jovi and B. Falcon

 Well, I've run through rainbows and castles of candy I cried a river of tears from the pain I try to dance with what life has to hand me My partner's been pleasure...my partner's been pain There are days when I swear I could fly like an eagle And dark desperate hours that nobody sees My arms stretched triumphant on top of the mountain My head in my hands...down on my knees Sometimes it's a bitch....sometimes it's a breeze Sometimes love's blind....and sometimes it sees Sometimes it's roses...and, sometimes it's weeds Sometimes it's a bitch...sometimes it's a breeze I've reached in darkness and come out with treasure I've laid down with love and I woke up with lies What's it all worth only the heart can measure It's not what's in the mirror...but what's left inside Sometimes it's a bitch....sometimes it's a breeze Sometimes love's blind....and sometimes it sees Sometimes it's roses...and, sometimes it's weeds Sometimes it's a bitch...sometimes it's a breeze You gotta take it as it comes Sometimes it don't come easy  I've run through rainbows and castles of candy And I've cried a river of tears from the pain I tried to dance with what life had to hand me And if I could...I'd do it all over again Sometimes it's a bitch....sometimes it's a breeze Sometimes love's blind....and sometimes it sees Sometimes it's roses...and, sometimes it's weeds Sometimes it's a bitch...sometimes it's a breeze Sometimes the picture just ain't what it seems You get what you want...but it's not what you need Sometimes it's a bitch...sometimes...it's a breeze Well, it's a breeze...it's a breeze...it's a breeze

 


WEBMISTRESS speculates:

In the liner notes, Stevie writes: "Jon [Bon Jovi, the writer]...had sort of taken a time machine back eighteen years and watched my life, the good parts...and the bad...He dreamed what the notorious Stevie Nicks had been like...and what it had done to her...the indulgences, the lifestyle...he knew I had a strong instinct to survive." And he was right!

 

HEAINTLOVEU speculates:

This isn't really "speculation" per se, but more my own personal thoughts on the song.

First, this is the song that pretty much introduced me to Stevie Nicks when I was 17 years old (at the end of 1997). We had seen the Mac on the Dance Tour, and my mother had bought Timespace for me as a birthday present. It's probably one of my favorite Stevie songs EVER. It was a single in 1991, but only managed to reach #56 on the Billboard Hot 100. Because it contained the word "bitch" many radio stations were reluctant to play it (or so I've heard)! In fact, I remember reading something where Stevie herself had admitted back then that she wasn't comfortable recording a song with the word "bitch" in it, as she doesn't swear or come close to doing so in ANY of her songs (except "The Chain": "Damn your love, damn your lies.") But the Powers That Be wanted to release it as a single to promote Timespace, and Stevie had no say ... or so the story goes ..
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