The Laundress

[Intro]
I'm getting good, I'm getting good at this
Washing off the blemishes
Allow my mind some rest
Clean up the mess
The laundress
The laundress
I'm getting good, I'm getting good at this
Washing off the blemishes
Allow my mind some rest
Clean up the mess
The laundress
The laundress
The laundress

[Verse 1]
Born fresh, cotton scent
Halcyon days well spent
Misfit, nervousness
Playing havoc in my head
Move North, move East
Change the setting of thе beast
A day will come
Awaken consciousnеss
Really own up to myself
A babe out in the woods
Embrace my womanhood
I write to reinstate
That which I disassociate
A love is spun

[Chorus]
I'm getting good, I'm getting good at this
Washing off the blemishes
Allow my mind some rest
Clean up the mess, de-stress
I'm getting good, I'm getting good at this
Washing off the blemishes
Allow my mind some rest
Clean up the mess

[Bridge]
What the hell have I told you?
You must start with respecting yourself
Then you'll begin to heal
You are the laundress
You can steep the stains
Watch them dissolve
Bathe in the resolve
And there'll always be a trace
But you'll feel the pain subside

[Chorus]
I'm getting good, I'm getting good at this
Washing off the blemishes
Allow my mind some rest
Clean up the mess, de-stress
I'm getting good, I'm getting good at this
Washing off the blemishes
Allow my mind some rest
Clean up the mess, de-stress

[Post-Chorus]
The laundress
The laundress
The laundress
The laundress
The laundress
The laundress
The laundress
The laundress
I've been going around for ages feeling sorry for myself
If I'd have just embraced my life
Not want to be somebody else
I thought they wouldn't understand me
But how could they if I never said a thing?

[Outro]
I'm getting good, I'm getting good at this
Washing off the blemishes
Allow my mind some rest
Clean up the mess, de-stress
I'm getting good, I'm getting good at this
Washing off the blemishes
Allow my mind some rest
Clean up the mess, de-stress
The laundress