I lost but I did not lose the lesson

Oh I was so lonely there at the top of my mountain

And I can be the Joan of Arc of courage

But with one touch of lust I crumbled in his arms

Maybe I don’t understand

What it takes to make it last

It doesn’t help when little girls

Are pushed too far and too damned fast

They grow up to be the woman dancing in a cage

And learning too late the acquiescing turns to rage

There's somethin' I've gotta say

There's somethin' I've gotta say

There's somethin' I've gotta say

Somethin’ I've gotta say

What I love is also what I hate

This music kills me then forces me to stand up straight

So don’t confuse positivity for naïveté

The great ones walked through hell to become that way

And oh my God the tests get harder

My love and I are torn apart

Why do I feel I must choose

Between my music and my heart?

Futile pressure running on this hamster wheel

I will walk down the path of motherhood I feel

There’s somethin’ I’ve gotta say

Somethin’ I’ve gotta say

Somethin’ I’ve gotta say

Say

Say

Say

All my life I strove to be the

first one in my family to achieve

Grab a hold of that brass ring

But money's so empty

The road will leave you lonelier than lonely

I'm sorry

I learned my lesson late in life and love, forgive me

There’s somethin' I’ve gotta say

There's somethin' I've gotta say

There's somethin' I've gotta say

In my life, in my time, I'm talking about it

There's somethin' I've gotta say

Say

Say

Say

And today's gonna be my day