“I wanted a place to put my frustrations about how women have been conditioned behaviorally in order to protect themselves from danger, and the inevitable fears that they run into while living their lives, while being very tongue and cheek about it all. I love having contrasting tones sonically and wanted to sprinkle some uncomfortable irony to drive the point home.”
He said you're only as good as you are when you are with me So I hope you're no better, know better than to leave
I said hey you, with your world painted blue I said f**k you, I was the brightest light you ever knew And next time you call me, yelling on the phone And I'll say f**k you and leave me alone
_________________ Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. – Satan and TwilightPrincess
Great thread! My first post on WP, so please be kind...
Lene Lovich, I Say When
Well, I'm all revved up and ready, baby You're a man and I'm a lady But... I say when to stop Hey, I call the shots Baby, I say when.
Well you look plenty good to me You got plenty of energy I know that you're big and strong But I'm the boss, so don't go wrong. I say when to stop Hey, I call the shots Baby, I say when.
"Man Smart, Woman Smarter" Harry Belafonte made this famous as a calypso number. I first heard it on my after-school "I Love Lucy" reruns. But I like the gravitas of the Robert Palmer version best.
Let us put man and woman together And see which one is smarter. Some say men, but I say no The women got the men like a puppet show
Ain't me, it's the people that say The men are leading the women astray But I say, it's the women today Are smarter than the man in every way
A little boy sat down and cried An old man passing asked him why He said, I can't do what the big boys do Old man sat down and he cried too
That's right, the women are smarter That's right, the women are smarter That's right, the women are smarter Smarter than the man in every way
"I'm Still Standing" by Elton John becomes a song of Female Empowerment when Joni Mitchell, after recovering from a stroke, decides to IMPROVE on Reggie's version, right in front of him. With the composers' permission, she transformed it from pop-rock to jazz, and made the lyrics less bitter and more optimistic.
Elton John and Bernie Taupin:""The threats you made were meant to cut me down / And if our love was just a circus, you'd be a clown by now."
Joni Mitchell:"My life gets better for me every day / and I'm still standing while you just fade away."
Don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore You lost the love I loved the most
I learned to live half alive Now you want me one more time
Who do you think you are? Runnin' 'round leaving scars Collecting your jar of hearts Tearing love apart You're gonna catch a cold From the ice inside your soul So don't come back for me Who do you think you are?
I hear you're asking all around If I am anywhere to be found But I have grown too strong To ever fall back in your arms
_________________ Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. – Satan and TwilightPrincess
Go on dust your shoulders off, keep it moving Come now, come dry your eyes You know you a star, you can touch the sky I know that it's hard but you have to try If you need advice, let me simplify
If he don't love you anymore Just walk your fine ass out the door I do my hair toss Check my nails Baby how you feelin'? Feeling good as hell
Woo girl, need to kick off your shoes Got to take a deep breath, time to focus on you All the big fights, long nights that you been through I got a bottle of Tequila I been saving for you Boss up and change your life You can have it all, no sacrifice I know he did you wrong, we can make it right So go and let it all hang out tonight
'Cause he don't love you anymore So walk your fine ass out the door And do your hair toss Check my nails Baby how you feelin'? Feeling good as hell
This is a story that I have never told I gotta get this off my chest to let it go I need to take back the light inside you stole You're a criminal And you steal like you're a pro'
All the pain and the truth I wear like a battle wound So ashamed, so confused I was broken and bruised
Now I'm a warrior Now I've got thicker skin I'm a warrior I'm stronger than I've ever been And my armor, is made of steel, you can't get in I'm a warrior And you can never hurt me again
Out of the ashes, I'm burning like a fire You can save your apologies You're nothing but a liar I've got shame, I've got scars But I will never show I'm a survivor In more ways than you know
_________________ Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. – Satan and TwilightPrincess
Wish I knew then what I know now You held all the cards and sold me out Baby, shame on you, if you fool me once Shame on me if you fool me twice You've been a pretty hard case to crack I should've known better, but I didn't, and I can't go back
Oh life goes on and it's only gonna make me strong oh it's a fight And I really wanna get it right where I'm at It's my life before me and this feelin' that I can go back
Megan Trainor Also, her "This is your Mother Speaking" Demi Lovato - The same one who did the Dodd decision song? That's range! Sounds like Xtina Aguilara "Beautiful."