Laura Marling - To Be a Woman

 

I may have taken a hit but i'm willing and blind
Oh, a little girl took a little chunk right out of my side

I feel a bond between us
I have felt like you do
I know better than to take it away from you

Girl, little girl, you need to learn
Little girl, what it is to be a woman

I have right, the only one in my life
A right to what is rightfully mine
Untainted, untempting, and sober

I will never touch that skin again
I will never feel that way again
I will never look into the face of my father or my friends
And be able to say, i'm okay, i'm okay, i don't feel pain anyway
Not anymore, anyway

And i'm not dead yet, but i could be soon
And all i want to do is put my arms around you

Little girl, you got screwed
Girl, little girl, you need to learn, little girl
What it is to be a woman