Soft Like Me - Saint Etienne

Wildflower

Soft like wildflowers by rivers and streams

Thoughts washing over me like the stuff of my dreams

And I see it coming true

We’ll be soft like you

We’ll be soft like you

Sarah

Hey

Do you want to be

Or don’t you want to be

Soft like me

Hey

Do you want to be

Or don’t you want to be

Soft like me

Wildflower

I used to wonder why big boys don’t cry

'Cause they were always taught to hold it deep inside

Hide the feelings

They bubble to the top

When it’s all going off

Better put 'em up

Let 'em know you’re tough

And remember

They won’t take backtalk

Then you should never let that walk

«And son, if you run back to me defenseless

Then, boy, I’m a wanna beat you senseless»

And that’s Daddy

Doing what he can

To make that boy a man

I have a different plan

Baby, I’ll encourage you to be

Expressive not aggressive

More soft around the edges

Just like me

Sarah

Hey

Do you want to be

Or don’t you want to be

Soft like me

Hey

Do you want to be

Or don’t you want to be

Soft like me

Wildflower

Little girls are made of everything nice

We pay the price

For wearing hearts on sleeves

I still believes

We hold the key

To the better way to be

With feminine energy

I touch the universe

But what came first

Was peace to all mankind

But in this

Time and a hard life

I’m having a hard time

With growing a thick skin

'Cause I soak up all the hurt

And hold it all within

And I’ve been this way from day

I never got no hugs

When I fell down in the play-

Ground

Maybe it would be different now

But how a mother’s love

Gave so much to us, too

Made us soft but strong

Just like you

I see it coming true

We’ll be soft like you

Sarah

Hey

Do you want to be

Or don’t you want to be

Soft like me

Hey

Do you want to be

Or don’t you want to be

Soft like me

Wildflower

Yeah, you’re a tough guy

And a hard knot

Say you wanna do it

Oh

But a big butt

Scared to get into it

'Cause when you gave your love and trust

Your heart got crushed, in a rush

Head got twisted up

Files went corrupt

Your system overload

As you went chugging down that lovely road

You could take the physical blows

But emotional lows

Left him on the ropes

Somehow she always copes with the pain

And comes back again

Like, yeah, you know me, girl

Stay ready for the world

From the red corner

Stay warmer

Born in optimistic

Hoping that his heart will open

Sarah

Hey

Do you want to be

Or don’t you want to be

Soft like me

Hey

Do you want to be

Or don’t you want to be

Soft like me

I said you’ll never take a flight from (?)

So don’t you want to be

Soft like me

I said you’ll never take a flight from (?)

So don’t you want to be

Soft like me