to be a woman

Melissa Etheridge

Have you ever held your breath
On the water s edge?
Known that it was fight or flight
On an unstable ledge
Picked up the pieces
Of a promise or a pledge

Then you know what it s like
You know what it takes
You know in your heart how it feels

To be a woman
To be a woman

Have you ever found some hope
In the emptiness?
Suffered burns and breaks
And called yourself blessed
Overcome the fear
And found the courage to say Yes

Then you know what it s like
You know what it takes
You know in your heart how it feels

To be a woman
To be a woman
To be a woman
To be a woman

Believed that the dark
Bleeds into dawn
Found something right
When everything was all wrong

Have you ever talked it out
Over coffee cups?
Knowing that forgiveness
Will always be rough
Do you believe that there s nothing
More powerful than love?

Then you know what it s like
And you know what it takes
And you know in your heart how it feels

To be a woman
To be a woman
To be a woman
To be a woman

A woman
To be a woman
To be a woman
To be a woman