Between Clenched Teeth Lyrics: Henry Biggs Feel the rhythm x 5 Fly, fly, be free (help me, help me, help me) Fly, fly, be free (help me, help me, help me) Verse 1 She’s perfectly pretty, well respected, never seems stressed, she’s the best Slender, svelte legs, pert chest, well-heeled, even-keeled, yes, everywhere blessed, My, my, my, the mystery temptress seeeems extremely fly Hermes ensembles, French styles , DKNY Bentleys, Beemers, Mercedes Benz, (beep, beep!),  jewelry—yes, the perfect gems, NYC, even Greece the weekends, See, G, her green never ends! She’s twenty-seven--where’s she get the Gs then? Hey, hey, hey, hey! Wellllll, she never rests, never sleeps Relentlessly  perseveres even when sheer hell’s by her feet Steel-nerved, steel-tested, she’s NEVER been bested Never needs help, yes, she’s the perfect, new breed, She seems Nestle’s, Hershey’s sweet, Yet Secretly, she weeps Secretly She trembles Secretly Her veneer melts Secretly, secretly CHORUS Between Clenched Teeth She yells set me free Between Clenched Teeth She yells let me be me Between Clenched Teeth She  yells- let me be myself Between clenched teeth She yells- HEEELP! Verse 2 Then she checks herself, re-represses herself, gets perfectly self-centered, then resets herself “Let me be free”, she sneers, “never” “See, excellence never rests” she tells herself Then her men? When? Well, never! Never, never get her. She’s better, they’re never the clever type, she’ll reply "she’s never free” She’ll deny why, yet see, secretly, she resents them, detests them, even feels they’re the enemy, They’ll breed dependence, helplessness,  enfeebled defenselessness-- Yet, my, my they never let her deep freeze be They’ll yell “hey Jezebel, we’ll never tell,"  “hey, pretty nymphette, let’s get between the sheets!” Eccchhh! Perverts! Creeps! They’ll never ever get me When they heckle her, pester her why’s she need the seedy scene. She’ll get by, she’ll never let them see  Secretly, She needs them Secretly She feels empty Secretly She’ll cry her eyes red Secretly, Secretly… CHORUS nevertheless she never ever gets there! Fly, fly, be free (help me, help me, help me) Fly, fly, be free (help me, help me, help me) Here's the sweetness: MMMMM . . . get get get get reckless. MMMMM. . . get get get messy. MMMMHMMMMM yesssssss, get sexy. Get helter-skelter. Fly, fly, be free (help me, help me, help me, help me, help me) Fly, fly, be free (help me, help me, help me, help me, help me) Between clenched teeth Emergency! Let me be free! The end.

The Puzzle . . . Click here for hint #1 Click here for hint #2 Click here for hint #3 Click here for hint #4 The Solution (highlight area to reveal): In this the only vowels are “e” and “y,” putting a constraint on the text. This reflects the constraint of the woman in the lyrics – she is not allowed to be herself. Just as the form of the song is constrained to two vowels instead of the full six, the subject as well is constrained in her life. Still confused? Click here to send in your questions.