SHARP TONGUED GIRL

You fly into the room with your arms and hands waving,
Nobody misses your entrance,
Your voice is low but manic, your words are suggestive,
You’ve conquered us all with your tits and your wits,
But when the night is through and the laughing ones exit,
You turn to me and admit,
That you’ve been forsaken by those who should love you,
And this ain’t no world for a sharp-tongued girl,
This ain’t no world for a sharp-tongued girl

You painstakingly tell me of your alleged transgressions,
I grimace and tsk as you do,
I don’t understand how anyone would hurt you,
When you are so smart and so true,
They wanted your pleasure, when they caused you but pain,
And when you spoke up they said,
“Don’t come again,”

Isn’t it obvious that they are wrong,
But this ain’t no world for a sharp-tongued girl,
This ain’t no world for a sharp-tongued girl

I try to listen as precisely as I can,
I nod my head to your rhythm,
I can’t help suspect that I understand
What you’re saying to me,
And you’re saying to me that
We’re both so afraid of being made fools,
For the choices we’ve made and for breaking the rules,
But we weren’t rebelling, we were just being honest,
And this ain’t no world for a sharp-tongued girl,
This ain’t no world for a sharp-tongued girl

You want it easy now, you want to rest,
I think you just need love, and I will confess
That I’d love you if I could, but there is no way
Cause I’ve got to be a sharp-tongued girl in this world,
And I want to love you for all that you say,
To offer solution and show you the way,
But you’re already liberated, and ain’t it a drag,
That that don’t make you feel any more free,
This ain’t no world for a sharp-tongued girl,
This ain’t no world for a sharp-tongued girl