Songs, Anthems, and Music for Women

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Mary Lambert - Secrets

I've got bi-polar disorder
My s**t's not in order
I'm overweight
I'm always late
I've got too many things to say

I rock mom jeans, cat earrings
Extrapolate my feelings
My family is dysfunctional
But we have a good time killing each other

They tell us from the time we're young
To hide the things that we don't like about ourselves
Inside ourselves
I know I'm not the only one
Who spent so long attempting to be someone else
Well, I'm over it

I don't care if the world knows what my secrets are, secrets are
I don't care if the world knows what my secrets are, secrets are
So-o-o-o-o what
So-o-o-o-o what
So-o-o-o-o what
So-o-o-o-o what

I can't think straight, I'm so gay
Sometimes I cry a whole day
I care a lot, use an analog clock
And never know when to stop

And I'm passive, aggressive
I'm scared of the dark and the dentist
I love my butt and won't shut up
And I never really grew up

They tell us from the time we're young
To hide the things that we don't like about ourselves
Inside ourselves
I know I'm not the only one
Who spent so long attempting to be someone else
Well, I'm over it

I don't care if the world knows what my secrets are, secrets are
I don't care if the world knows what my secrets are, secrets are
So-o-o-o-o what

https://youtu.be/FJfFZqTlWrQ?si=lVxCKOwVDS24hViT

Pink - So What

https://youtu.be/fzeWc3zh01g?si=Vz1kqbLF_pjOUQ6Q

Billie Eilish - Your Power

Try not to abuse your power…

After her round-trip transgender journey, she wrote this song.

"I Am Stardust" by Cat Power

When I was young I felt so different
I never fit in
I said something wrong again

And I felt trapped inside my body
I thought that's not me
Not who I want to be

Couldn't see the beauty in
This life that I was given
But I'm grateful I survived
Long enough to realize

I am stardust
I came from outer space
It was the world who told me I should change

Perfectly imperfect
I break the mold in every way
But now I won't forget my name

Told my friends and family to forget me
I was inventing
A better human being

Didn't understand what I was risking
Thought that I was fixing
The broken parts of me

Thought it was my only choice
Even if it cost my voice
Past the point of no return
Falling on my knees I learn

Stardust, Stardust, I free myself
Stardust, Stardust, I'll be myself
Stardust, Stardust, They try to shout me down
Stardust, Stardust, but I will stand my ground

Stardust, Stardust, trust in myself
Stardust, Stardust, I'll learn to love myself
Stardust, Stardust, I'll love myself
https://youtu.be/a8kCyQO_hlc?si=wF69BjkW3NkFcCoq

One Girl Revolution by Superchick

https://youtu.be/VjfmP7h3gBw?si=poSfqaliDka4z-SM





And now I'm all alone again
Nowhere to turn, no one to go to
Without a home, without a friend
Without a face to say hello to
And now the night is near
Now I can make believe he's here
Sometimes I walk alone at night
When everybody else is sleeping
I think of him, and then I'm happy
With the company I'm keeping
The city goes to bed
And I can live inside my head
On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone
I walk with him 'til morning
Without him
I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me
In the rain, the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us
I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone
The river's just a river
Without him
The world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers
I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life
I've only been pretending
Without me
His world will go on turning
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known
I love him
I love him
I love him
But only on my own



On My Own
Éponine, Les Misérables


Sing it sister!

https://youtu.be/XfTgCPUJwRk?si=Grcjk-AxK8qewX5g



Think of me, think of me fondly
When we've said goodbye
Remember me, once in a while
Please promise me you'll try
When you find that once again you long
To take your heart back and be free
If you ever find a moment
Spare a thought for me
We never said our love was evergreen
Or as unchanging as the sea
But if you can still remember
Stop and think of me
Think of all the things
We've shared and seen
Don't think about the way
Things might have been
Think of me, think of me waking
Silent and resigned
Imagine me trying too hard
To put you from my mind
Recall those days
Look back on all those times
Think of the things we'll never do
There will never be a day
When I won't think of you

(Can it be, can it be Christine?
Long ago, it seems so long ago
How young and innocent we were
She may not remember me
But I remember her ...)

Flowers fade, the fruits of summer fade
They have their season so do we
But please promise me that sometimes
You will think of me





Think of Me
Christine, The Phantom of the Opera

https://youtu.be/DGwK1jjemgE?si=gdEsaCSnJdjA8tLR

Tracy Chapman - Crossroads

All you folks think you own my life
But you never made any sacrifice
Demons they are on my trail
I'm standing at the crossroads of the hell
I look to the left I look to the right
There're hands that grab me on every side

All you folks think I got my price
At which I'll sell all that is mine
You think money rules when all else fails
Go sell your soul and keep your shell
I'm trying to protect what I keep inside
All the reasons why I live my life

Some say the devil be a mystical thing
I say the devil he a walking man
He a fool he a liar conjurer and a thief
He try to tell you what you want
Try to tell you what you need

Standing at the point
The road it cross you down
What is at your back
Which way do you turn
Who will come to find you first
Your devils or your gods

All you folks think you run my life
Say I should be willing to compromise
I say all you demons go back to hell
I'll save my soul, save myself

Save my soul, save myself
Save my soul, save myself
Save my soul, save myself
Save my soul, save myself

https://youtu.be/8t7Dy0YtQTQ?si=rCmPz_KoMou__rRN

Tracy Chapman - Woman’s Work

Early in the morning she rises
The woman's work is never done
And it's not because she doesn't try
She's fighting a battle with no one on her side…

^ I’m not sure if it’s especially for women. I certainly relate to it in a very personal way though. Tracy Chapman is an awesome song writer so I wanted to feature a few of her songs.



Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over

"Look at Her Now" by Selena Gomez

Of course she was sad, but now she's glad she dodged a bullet
Took a few years to soak up the tears, but look at her now!
Watch her go Mmm mmm mmm
Wow, look at her now!
She knows she'll find love, only if she wants it
https://youtu.be/gciyyXS0u-8?si=ROF0c5GGmpJCnAef

I said I wasn’t going to post it, but I changed my mind.

Triggering content: SA



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWxZW2zj7PQ

Tori Amos - Me and a Gun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhshMjRNhs0

Sia - Alive

I found solace in the strangest place
Way in the back of my mind
I saw my life in a stranger's face
And it was mine

I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go
Where the wind don't change
And nothing in the ground can ever grow
No hope, just lies
And you're taught to cry into your pillow
But I survived…

https://youtu.be/Q7XJb7aWv80?si=Mn9mMxkfsKhQBRMU




Big Girls
Natalie Merchant with Abena Koomson-Davis