Betty's Body

Betty's Body (Also titled 'Anybody But Betty', 'Betty', 'Day 10', or 'Leaping and Lords') is a song written & recorded by The Residents for their 2002 album "Demons Dance Alone"
== History ==
The song is told from the perspective of man obsessively in love with a woman named Betty, a woman he cannot ever be with, due to his mother, and the events of her death.
Betty's Body was the first song from Demons Dance Alone to be released, appearing on the compilation album 'Petting Zoo' along with Wolverines.
It was performed live by the group from 2002 to 2003 as part of the Demons Dance Alone Live tour, after the overture, it is the first song performed in the show.
In 2003 The Residents re-recorded Betty's Body for inclusion on the internet event turned album 'The 12 Days of Brumalia', it is track 10, titled 'Leaping and Lords'
The 2003 version is spoken word, and features a new intro, and a more minimalist instrumental.
The song was performed live in 2005 as part of the Way We Were tour of Australia. This version, also features a new spoken word intro, segueing out of Life Would Be Wonderful. This live version also features a frantic spoken word outro, in which the singer yells about teeth, and how his mother gave him an obsession with teeth.
The song was performed again from 2014 to 2016 as part of the Shadowland, in a version mostly faithful to the original.
Following his departure from the group, Charles Bobuck released his cover of the song on his Residents tribute album 'Bobuck Plays The Residents'
== Lyrics ==
 (Anybody but Betty...)
 I could be the lover
 Of anybody but her
 I could be the lover
 Of anybody but her
 I see her every morning
 And watch her fingers forming
 Shapes that are as graceful
 As a baby's face full
 Of hope until it turns to
 A neediness that burns through
 Your heart like it was butter
 In the mouth of someone's mother
 (Betty's body...)
 A certain scent of perfume
 Makes me think of her room
 And how I'd like to be there
 Lightly touching her bare
 Back and gently soaking
 In the sweet unspoken
 I could be her lover
 If it... if it weren't for mother
 BETTY! BETTY!
 If you met me, you'd forget me
 BETTY! BETTY!
 I am so shy, every day I
 Secretly cry since my mom died
 (Anybody but Betty...)
 I could be the lover
 of anybody but her
 I could be her lover
 if it... if it weren't for mother 
== List of releases ==
* Petting Zoo (2002)2002 Studio Version (3:28)
* Demons Dance Alone (2002)
* Demons Dance Alone (Film) (2003)2002 Live Version
* Twelve Days Of Brumalia (2004)2003 Studio Version (2:51)
* The Way We Were (2005)2005 Live Version (5:49)
* Lost In A Vacant Lot (2010)
* Demonic! The Residents Live In Oslo! (2012)2003 Live Version (4:04)
* Ten Two Times (2013)
* Shadowland (2015)2014 Live Version (3:07)
* Bobuck Plays The Residents (2016)2016, Charles Bobuck Version (3:50)
=== List of versions ===
== External links and references ==
*Demons Dance Alone at The Residents Historical
*Demons Dance Alone lyrics at RZWeb (archived via archive.org)
Category:Demons Dance Alone
Category:Bobuck Plays The Residents
Category:Songs
Category:The 12 Days of Brumalia
Category:Petting Zoo
Category:Shadowland
Category:The Way We Were