Somethin' I've Gotta Say - Paula Cole

作词：Paula Cole/Kevin Barry

作曲：Paula Cole/Kevin Barry

I lost but I did not lose the lesson

I was so lonely there

At the top of my mountain

And I can be the Joan of Arc of courage

But with one touch of lust

I crumbled in his arms

Maybe I don't understand

What it takes to make it last

It doesn't help when little girls

Are pushed too far and too damned fast

They grow up to be the woman

Dancing in a cage

And learning too late

The acquiescing turns to rage

There's somethin' I've gotta say

Somethin' I've gotta say

Somethin' I've gotta say

Somethin' I've gotta say

What I love is also what I hate

This music kills me then forces me

To stand up straight

So don't confuse positivity for naïveté

The great ones walked through hell

To become that way

And oh my God the tests get harder

My love and I are torn apart

Why do I feel I must choose

Between my music and my heart

Futile pressure running

On this hamster wheel

I will walk down the path

Of motherhood I feel

There's somethin' I've gotta say

Somethin' I've gotta say

Somethin' I've gotta say

Say say say

All my life I strove to be the first one

In my family to achieve

Grab a hold of that glass ring

When money's so empty

The road will leave you lonelier

And I'm lonely I'm sold

I learned the lesson laid in life

Then love forgive me

There's somethin' I've gotta say

There's somethin' I've gotta say

There's somethin' I've gotta say

In my life in my time

I'm talking about it

There's somethin'

I've gotta say say say say

And today's gonna be my day