# Bette Davis Eyes (the words) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 29, 1999, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-words/3590 "1999-09-29T03:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-words/3590/1 "1999-09-29T03:18:00Z")
I have been all over the net and I am trying to decipher(sp?) two lines in the song _Bette Davis Eyes_. I have looked in all sorts of places I went to usenet (alt.lyrics) and they keep giving me "Her hair is \*HOLLOW GOLD[/]. That doesn’t make sense. It must be Harlowe (like Jean Harlowe) gold. But the people at usenet alt.lyrics tell me it can’t be as Jean Harlowe had Platinum (aka white) hair. [btw I am not sure of the spelling of Harlowe] The second line given to me was “She’s got Greta Garbo’s _STANDARD SIZE_.” What is this? I assumed the line was “something something thighs” because wasn’t Greta Garbo the “leg lady.” Anyway I even went to Kareoke sites and those Kareoke sites publish those lines too. Could those possibly be the correct lines? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-words/3590/2 "1999-09-29T04:21:00Z")
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes Her hair is Harlow gold, her lips sweet surprise She got Greta Garbo’s stand off sighs, she’s got Bette Davis eyes I still bust a gut watching the slap-fest video! Inky (Irrelevant lyrics deleted - copyright concerns - Nick) Find the entire song here: [http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/songs/c/carnes-bette.txt](http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/songs/c/carnes-bette.txt) [Note: This message has been edited by Nickrz] ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-words/3590/3 "1999-09-29T04:36:00Z")
Thanks Inky Where did you get these? I can accept stand off sighs but are you sure about Hope you breathe with the crumbs she throws you? ---
**Author:** ![Inky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d78d45/32.png) [@Inky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-words/3590/4 "1999-09-29T04:47:00Z")
Well, since my favorite 80’s lyric server was closed down due to legal problems I now go to… [http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/songs/](http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/songs/) apparently the record industry was losing money because the public had free access to the lyrics to Olivia Newton John’s “Lets Get physical” so they sued and closed the site down. This will just stay between you and me, right? Inky ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-words/3590/5 "1999-09-29T05:20:00Z")
Inky, Inky . . . no, it’s NOT all right. If you had only quoted the relevant LINE . . . or left a hyperlink to the song in question . . . that would have been fine. Under the Fair Use Statutes of the Copyright Law, a quotation is all right . . . a line or a paragraph in question is fine . . .quoting the entire thing is not. When you print the entire contents, that’s not quotation, that’s reproduction – which you cannot do without the permission of the copyright owner. Please do not do that again on this site. your humble TubaDiva/SDStaffDiv for the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-words/3590/6 "1999-09-29T11:53:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Her hair is Harlow gold, her lips sweet surprise > > She got Greta Garbo’s stand off sighs, she’s got Bette Davis eyes I always thought it was “Greta Garbo’s stand out THIGHS…” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-words/3590/7 "1999-09-29T13:20:00Z")
Markxxx – FYI, Betty Grable was the leg lady. Garbo was aloof (“I vant to be alone.”) ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-words/3590/8 "1999-09-29T13:37:00Z")
TubaDiva said: > [@](#): > > that’s reproduction – which you cannot do without … permission … > > Please do not do that again on this site. Yeah, keep it clean here!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-words/3590/9 "1999-09-29T13:57:00Z")
Nah, MARLENE DEITRICH was the leg lady. She could Professor Unrath me anytime…Hubba hubba! * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![Inky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d78d45/32.png) [@Inky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-words/3590/10 "1999-09-29T14:13:00Z")
Gah! Finally a question that my somewhat limited intellect can answer, and bam! Right in the soup! Inky ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-words/3590/11 "1999-09-29T14:52:00Z")
Man, ever since that tune came out, I thought it was, “her head is high on gold…” As in Acapulco. Damn! Another drug reference shot down in flames. Next they’re gonna try and tell me that Louie, Louie is about a sailor. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-words/3590/12 "1999-09-30T04:42:00Z")
Well if you screw the lyrics up then is that copywrite infringing? Maybe that is why the sites are so bad. They do it on purpose.