Strong, beautiful woman

Oh, don't let the world let you down

Look within yourself and remember who you are

Ten years old in braids and skirts

I'm flying down the hill

Down the street to Grandma's house

I'd step inside her world

First she'd hold me, feed me, scold me

Patiently she'd heed my moaning

Then she'd sit me down and tell me this

"You'll be a strong, beautiful woman

And I won't let the world let you down

Look within yourself and remember who carried you forth

You'll be a strong, beautiful woman

MM hmm, I won't let the world let you down

Look within yourself and remember who you are"

I'm twenty-six and leading the band

A troubadour traveling show

Working in a world of men

Broken-hearted and alone

I lift my head up just long enough

To cease self-pitying and doubt

I feel her spirit with me now

You are a strong, beautiful woman

MM hmm, don't let the world let you down

Look within yourself and remember who carried you forth

You are a strong, beautiful woman

Oh, I won't let the world let you down

Look within yourself and remember who you are

(Oh yeah)

Decades come and decades go

The thirties, forties, on it goes

Seems I'm always holding on to this

You are a strong, beautiful woman

Oh, don't let the world let you down

Look within yourself and remember who carried you forth

You are a strong, beautiful woman

Oh, so don't let the world let you down

Look within yourself and remember who you are

Ooh hoo hoo, ooh hoo hoo, ooh ooh

Ooh hoo hoo, ooh hoo hoo, oh oh

MM hmm, hmm