Bossy

Bossy is the fifth song from The Residents' third studio album, Fingerprince. It was recorded in 1974 during the X Is For Xtra sessionsNot Available pREServed booklet, 2019 as a thematically unrelated "outgrowth."Fingerprince liner notes, 1977 The song, exactly 1 minute long, is seen as a precursor to The Residents' Commercial Album, which would enter production five years after this song's completion.
Only one version of "Bossy" has ever been released, as no alternative mix was included on Tournament of Roses RDX.
== Background ==
The song was recorded in 1974, between the release of Meet The Residents in April and the first Third Reich N Roll sessions in October, and was copied onto the group's X Is For Xtra tape reel, between the songs "Little A (Authentic Folk Song)" and "Ah, Spare Us Gus," the latter of which went on to form the centrepiece of the song "Ship's A Going Down." Eventually, it was decided that the track would appear on their Fingerprince album, which was released on February 15th, 1977.
The song notably features a Resident other than The Singing Resident taking lead vocals. Its imagery is reminiscent of a farm life, and involves the description of an animal who the listener is mislead into believing is a cow.
== Lyrics ==
 [Intro]
 Sat upon an empty box of Cheerios and settled
 Through the cracks of wooden floors
 Forming little cone mountains
 Fertile soil on which to rest
 My dirty little white stone
 With dimples to keep it from
 Rolling down the dusty trail
 Brought such straight rows
 Like corn and peas
 And foot caves in cold dirt
 And the sore throat that follows
 [Interlude]
 "Everyone always knew it ended this way,
 But I still don't understand why...
 Milking the cow didn't work."
 [Outro]
 She was warm and had a rough
 Mus-cular tongue for licking
 Salt blocks and brown eyes like a cow
 And her name was Bossy.
 We didn't eat her I don't think.
== Personnel ==
* The Residents: Vocals, Keyboards, Drums
== Releases ==
* Fingerprince (1977)
* In Memoriam Torso (1994)
== See Also ==
* X Is For Xtra
* March De La Winni
* Fingerprince
* Commercial Album
== References ==
Category:Songs
Category:Fingerprince
Category:X Is For Xtra
Category:1977
Category:1974