"'97 Bonnie and Clyde" Cover by Tori Amos

I was driving this morning listening to Strange Little Girls,
Tori Amos's excellent album of cover songs, and heard this for the first time in years, her cover of Eminem's
"'97 Bonnie and Clyde"--

-Trigger Warning for Extreme and Graphic Violence-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7YxrYKQBP8

Here are the lyrics to that gem of a song, in which Eminem details disposing of the bodies of his daughter's mother, step-dad, and step-brother with the toddler's help, and with his actual daughter cooing and baby-talking in the background music:

Here's the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tgBZ9FyDgo&feature=fvst

Baby, your da-da loves you

And I'm always gonna be here for you

No matter what happens

You're all I got in this world

I'd never give you up for nothin'

Nobody in this world is ever gonna keep you from me

I love you

Come on, Hay Hay, we going to the beach

Grab a couple of toys, and let da-da strap you in the car seat

Where's mama? She's taking a little nap in the trunk

Oh! That smell, da-da musta runned over a skunk

Now I know what you're thinking; it's kinda late to go swimming

But you know your mama; she's one of those type of women

That do crazy things, and if she don't get her way, she'll throw a fit

Don't play wit da-da's toy knife honey, let go of it

And don't look so upset, why you acting bashful

Don't you wanna help da-da build a sand castle?

And mama said she wants to show you how far she can float

Don't worry about that little boo-boo on her throat

It's just a little scratch, it don't hurt

Her was eating dinner while you were sweepin'

And spilt ketchup on her shirt

Mama's messy, isn't she?

We'll let her wash off in the water

And me and you can play by ourselves, can't we?

Just the two of us

Just the two of us

just the two of us

Just the two of us

See honey, there's a place called heaven and a place called hell

There's a placed called prison and a place called jail

And da-da's probably on his way to all of 'em, except one

'Cause mama's got a new husband and a stepson

And you don't want a brother, do ya?

Maybe when you're old enough to understand a little better

I'll explain it to you

But for now, we'll just say mama was real, real bad

She was being mean to dad and made him real, real mad

But I still feel sad that I put her on timeout

Sit back in your chair honey, quit trying to climb out

I told you it's okay, Hay Hay, you wanna bah-bah

Take a night-night

Na-na-goo-goo gah-gah

Her make coo-coo-caca

Dad'll change your di-dey

Clean the baby up, so she can take a nighty-nighty

Your dad'll wake her up as soon as we get to the water

97' Bonnie & Clyde, me and my daughter

Me and my daughter

Me and my daughter

Just the two of us

Just the two of us

just the two of us

Just the two of us

Wake up sweepy head, we're here

Before we play,

We're gonna take mommy for a wittle walk along the pier

Baby, don't cry honey, don't get the wrong idea

Mama's too sweepy to hear you screaming in her ear

That's why you can't get her to wake

But don't worry,

Da-da made a nice bed for mommy at the bottom of the lake

Here, you wanna help da-da tie a rope around this rock?

We'll tie it to her footsy, then we'll roll her off the dock

Ready now? Here we go, on the count of three

1, 2, free, weee

There goes mama, spwashing in the water

No more fighting with dad, no more restraining order

No more step da-da, no more brother

Blow her kisses buh-bye, tell mommy you love her

Now we'll go play in the sand, build a sand castle and junk

But first, just help dad with two more things out the trunk

Just the two of us

Marshall (Eminem) and Kim Mathers

Eminem and Hailie Jade, referred to in the song as "Hay Hay"

It got me thinking, I wonder how Hailie (16 today, pictured below) feels about this song now-- surely she's heard it-- but I can't find any reference to her reaction. There is a Twitter account that has since been called "100% False" by Eminem's representatives in which she says the songs about her "give (her) goosebumps."

I wonder.
I wonder how this rap (because there are other songs detailing exactly what Eminem would have liked to have done to Kim Mathers, horribly detailed songs) got explained to this child.

The "'97 Bonnie and Clyde"
co-starring the toddler as 'Bonnie.'

I wonder how she responded. No matter what type of mother Kim Mathers may be, no child deserves to hear that much sickening and nonchalant violence directed at her own mother.

That's all. I just wonder. 

Also, here's a phenomenal review of Amos' cover:

http://www.erasingclouds.com/20jan.html