Careful the way
You walk in a room
You know everyone is always looking at you ‘
Careful
The clothes you wear
The words you say
You’re damned if you don’t
Damned if you do
And I can’t think
Of a single law on the books
To tell me
A man what to do with my body
So it’s easy for me
To go after the things I like
I wonder
Why
We attack the women in our lives
And make them feel like a red lined test
A book report that failed
I want her to feel like more
I want her to feel open
I want her to feel strong
It was her independence that made me fall in love
Why would I want her to change now?
I’ve lost track of how far we’ve come
But
I know there’s a silence
Men everywhere
and she’s thinking
Is he with me just for my body?
The comfort my skin allows?
And we try
But no matter what we decide
There’s 25 men out there deciding for me
This is about our privacy
Our ability to plan out our lives
May she feel my arms around her
May she feel safe here tonight
The sky is black
The air is cold
She’s damned if she does
She’s damned if she don’t
Come on up tonight
Come on
We are here
We are one
