Im The Girl - Sarah Vaughan

I’ve got a memory a thousand years old

And I know secrets I’ve never been told

And I’ve got jewels I haven’t found

And they’ll return me to the ground

I’m the girl, I’m the girl, I’m the girl

You know me

I’m the girl, I’m the girl, I’m the girl

And I’m a siren;

I’ll wreck you on my shores

And I’m Godiva;

I’ll call you back for more

And I’m Medusa;

and I’m your favorite doll

And I’m a Georgia O’Keefe

Hanging on your wall

I’m Joan of Arc, I’m the girl next door

I’m the mother and the daughter

Of the mother and the daughter before

And I remember being born just

Sound and light and sound and light

And I remember the first time

Skin on skin in the arms of the night

Well how many times have we looked

Up into the starry skies, and how many times

Have we felt the passion rise

Every ruby-lipped girl baby, old lady, squaw junkie

Girl after girl after girl, every muse, whore, good witch

Princess, back arching, year after year after year

I’m Joan of Arc, I’m the girl next door

I’m the mother and the daughter

Of the mother and the daughter before