Key: C major
Verse 1
to send you to college.
Staying at home
so you can feel safe.
What do you think is the soul
of her knowledge?
What do you think
that makes her feel safe?
Biting her lips and luring her eyes
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to make sure there's food on the table.
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What do you think would be her surprise
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if the world was as willing
as she's able?
Hugging herself in an old kitchen chair,
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she listens to you hurt and your rage.
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What do you think she
knows of despair?
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What is the aching I make?
The fathers, the children,
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the brothers turn to her,
and everybody white turns to her.
What about her turning around
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and on in the everyday life?
There ought to be a woman
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break down, sit down.
Like everybody else,
call it quits on Monday,
blues on Tuesday,
sleep until Sunday.
Break down, sit down,
break down, sit down.
Away, out of nowhere,
is flesh out of flesh,
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is courage that cries out at night.
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It's too much to ask,
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Lord God,
too much of a task, but
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To anyone, a woman
Outro 1
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