Be Your Own Girl

You can always be your own girl
But you don't have to be his girl
And you don't have to be my girl
Hangin' by the ankles in the skeleton ravine
About a tattooed rhythm and drummin' by color wheel
I know you can't relax your candle wax
Simple and slow and always brings you here
Your fingertips are broke and your knees don't bend
Shapes of nothing and shadow boxed them all

But you don't have to be his girl
Who picked you up, who gathered around
You kicked the lights, fell on your shoes
Punched out the colors, leaving you the blues
And you don't have to be my girl
I know you don't remember ever fallin' down

When you finally fall asleep, you're awake in dreams
You can always be your own girl

There's a soft melody that's ringin' in my ears
You can always be your own girl

With the sound of your feet, you follow yourself to sleep

You don't have to be my girl
With broken crayons you've scribbled on the wall
And you don't have to be my girl

And if you lay down you can hear from tongue to tails
Your imagination took the worst hit and cut its skin
Restless and ageless and lookin' for something to keep
Usin' your clothes as a blanket and a bed

And you can't tie another, another knot of hope
Your rung is broken on the bottom of the rope

And you don't have to be his girl
Holdin' your hands just to lay your head

There's a soft melody that's ringin' in your ears
It's the same one you could never avoid in yours

But you don't have to be his girl