Feminist Song

When you ask me if I’m a feminist
I say to hell with powerlessness
To hell with loneliness
Damn all those people putting women down

Yes there are women in positions of power
But so many more in chains in drudgery tortured

Undermined undervalued raped abused
Written out of history
So when you ask me
If I’m a feminist
I say why the hell would I not be?
I’m a city girl
I’m a Warrior
I’m a Warrior
The city made me this way
I’m a Drunkard, I’m Political
I’m Contagious, I’m analytical
And yes
Sometimes I’m a pushover
When you ask me if I’m angry
I say I say I don’t go ranting in post offices
Or point my gun out of my bedroom window at strangers

I just walk along the street
Quietly
Imploding inside my own head
So when you ask me
When you ask me if I’m angry
I say

I say why the hell would I not be?
I’m a city girl
I’m a Warrior
I’m a Warrior
The city made me this way
I’m a Drunkard, I’m Political
I’m Contagious, I’m analytical
And yes
Sometimes I’m a pushover
I’m a Fighter I’m a believer
I’m a mother Im a cleaner
I’m an artist
And I’m yours

When you ask me if I’m happy

I say
When the sun shines
When a child laughs
When I see a simple act of kindness
When you hold my hand
When the wind is in my face
And When the drugs kick in
Yeah

Sometimes it’s especially when the drugs kick in

I’m a city girl
I’m a Warrior
I’m a Warrior
The city made me this way
I’m a Drunkard, I’m Political
I’m Contagious, I’m analytical and yes
Sometimes I’m a pushover
We’re city girls, we’re warriors
When you ask me if I’m lucky
I say you bet I am