Angel Dust and Fire

[azurite]

I don't know where I really came up with this title, but it sounds cool, so...
Yeah. One of my favorite artists is Paula Cole. Like Meredith Brooks, she is realistic in her songs, and one of my favs is "Tiger" from her "This Fire" CD:

Where do I put this fire?
This bright red feeling
This tiger lily down my mouth
He wants to grow to twenty feet tall

CHORUS:

I've left Bethlehem
I feel free
I've left the girl I was supposed to be and
someday I'll be born

I'm so tired of being shy
I'm not that girl anymore
I'm not that straight A anymore
Now i want to sit with my legs wide open and
Laugh so loud that the whole damn restaurant
Will turn and look at me and say
"Look at the tiger jumping out of her mouth!"

[chorus]

No more sex-starved teachers
Trying to touch my ass
I can finally be a teenager at age twenty-six
Go to hell lions, tigers, and bears
I'm not afraid of you anymore
And my fear broke apart like fifty balloons
and I'm thrown around the room like party confetti now

[chorus]

Someday I'll be born
Someday someday someday I'll be born
Someday someday someday I'll be born

[vocalizing; sounds like "high and noon" x 13, reverse speaking]

Sometimes I wish I could write my songs to the way I feel. Eventually I'll post them up here.
If you've never heard of Paula Cole, you should listen to her music. It's reality put to music, with some dry humor, wit, and fun.