Well I am a woman
Yeah you know I’m a woman
But before I met you
I was only a kid
And I know there were moments
When you thought you would break me
But you wanted to take me
So you did
The day I turned my back on all you people.
I felt an itching in my thumbs
Salt air like a broadcast from the distant dark beyond
When my transformation comes
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I went down to the warm warm water
Saw a pelican fly past
Waved once at the highway and then left all that behind me
I went wading through the grass
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And no one was gonna come and get me
There wasn’t anybody gonna know
Even though I leave a trail of burned things in my wake
Every single place I go
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And it was cool and it was quiet
In the humid marsh down there
I let my head sink down beneath the brackish water
Felt it gumming up my hair
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The sun was sinking into the Atlantic
The last time that I turned my back on you
I tried to summon up a little prayer as I went under
It was the best that I could do
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And I said let them all fare better than your servant
The reeds all pricking at my skin
Here’s hoping they have better luck than I had down here with you
All that water rushing in
