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Drawers
03:19
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What was it in your drawer that they were looking for / A precious piece of you so delicate and blue / Never borrowed always absolutely new / It’s your next best kept secret still dripping wet / From the day you found it all tangled up in your net / Sweet release at last it’ll hurt less if you do it fast / Check out the chicken she just laid an egg / Cuz she was tired of listening to everybody beg / For another piece of you after you got through / To the other side / Show them your satin edged in hot pink lace / That you wore to shore up your occasional disgrace / You are not a stranger here you are not alone / You are not a stranger here no you’re already home / Hejira / Hejira / It’s time to release them obliterate your blame / And all the lies they fed you in the name of their own fame / You weren’t born to please them or carry others’ shame / You don’t owe them anything no this is not your game / You could never pay in full because you were born a girl / Hey girl Hey girl / What was it in your drawer that they were looking for
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When you get what you want but it’s not what you thought / How many times did they say you’re almost there / How many ways did you sit on your despair / You did what they told you you followed the rules / Never talked out of turn never suffered fools / When you get what you want but it’s not what you thought / You wrote the book on the 3 step plan / To keep your enemies eating out of your hand / Oh but it went out of print some time ago / Eclipsed by the latest reality show / When you get exactly what you want but it’s not at all / And when it’s time to collect and walk across that bridge / You find the river dried up you got no more privilege / And at the end of your journey just a little hospital gurney / Here’s your balance due what will your family do / What does your family mean to you / When you get what you want / Are you sure are you sure / What do you really really really really want / I want it, i want it, I want it / How’d you stoop so low
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I Don't Remember Me
06:42
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I did not do what you told me to / You never felt the way that I do / You are not who I thought you’d be / I don’t remember me / I don’t remember me / Do you remember all your friends / And all your enemies all around you / Whispering in your ear I know I know what’s right for you / And I know you can do things that nobody else can do / But do you believe in you / Do you remember you / Follow directions follow advice / Follow the rules and be sure you look real nice / Do you remember what it was you did / That sent you to the corner of the room / Where nobody’s looking at you / Nobody’s listening to you / How can you believe in you / Do you remember you
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Julia Francis Seattle, Washington
Julia Francis is a Seattle-based singer-songwriter. Her music is deeply rooted in the blues legacies of women like Gertrude “Ma” Rainey and Billie Holiday among others. KBCS describes her voice as “howling, blistering…like Bessie Smith and Sister Rosetta Tharpe colliding with Slick, Joplin and Tedeschi.” ... more
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