The Woman's Boat

Toni Childs The Woman's Boat Lyrics
1.Womb

I'm breathing in life
I'm breathing in her
I'm breathing in the darkness
Of what it is to live
It's beautiful here

I'm breathing in life
I'm breathing in blood
I'm breathing in the liquid
Of life and holy joy
It's beautiful here

Ythere is safety in my ears
It's wonderful to be here with you
I'm feeling safe inside you
And i'm feeling like life would inside of you
The blood and the river are the same
We are one with you here the same

Mother, can you tell me please
Am i safe
I decide for the world
And i decide to be born
I decide for the world
And i decide to be born
What will i think of this world?
What will i do in this world?
Will i be afraid of this world?


2.Welcome To The World

Hush, now
And go to sleep
Go to sleep my baby (repeat)

Let me welcome you to this world
And let me tell you of my world
How it is
And how it is
You want to know now
I want to say that it's a bad world
And tell you that it's so, so bad
I don't want to disappoint you my child
But this world is gonna take you
Gonna take you by storm child
You will be hurt and there will be pain, yeah
But there will be love just the same, yeah
Welcome to the world my boy and girl
Welcome to the world, welcome to the world

Welcome to the world child
And all it has in store
You will do what you do
What you choose any old time
And take how you take
You'll begin to find
That fight as you fight as you will in life
Solutions, confusions
Won't you take this time now

I want to welcome you to this world
And yes, there'll be days and nights
When you know the world is alright

Round and round the world we go
Easy come, some say, easy go
The world could be a better place
But it's going to take the whole human race
We want to welcome you to this world
And yes, there'll be days and nights
When you'll wonder is the world right
We want to welcome you to this world
And yes, there'll be days and nights
When you'll know the world is alright

We all bounce on the big world ball
Come child, come with me
Come and bounce onto this world and see (repeat)

We are joy
We are light
We are darkness and we are night
We are hands and heads and ears and nose
We are feet, fingers, limbs and toes
We all, we all
We are bouncing on this big world ball

We pull triggers
We play with guns
We play with shoelaces and we twist our tongues
We are kisses
We are huggs
We are the match that will light you off


3.Predator

Walking down the road
I feel so low, low, low
And i'm feeling like i don't know life
I don't know, know, know
There's something in my head
Something haunting me
Something that i'd rather say
Goodbye, goodbye

It's another deception
It's a voice that's being cruel
It's the predator deep inside

You meet a bluebeard on the road
He's saying hello, hello
And he shakes you by the hand
He says you're gonna blow
Man you're gonna blow
He's a clever person my dear
He's a clever one to fear
He's the one that says don't open up that door

It's a monster, i can tell you
It's someone to be scared of
It's the predator deep inside

He's coming for you
He's coming for you now
He's coming for you now
He, he sounds a little scary
As he whispers, he tells you and you frown
You're losing, losing your ground
You want to, move him out
Deny he's there
But you can't let out that he's in your head

It's the predator
It's the predator who lives inside your head

It's the predator inside you
It's remarkable disguise--you
It's the mask you won't admit inside your head

Walk with the man at night
He says he don't know, know, know
And he's fucking with your head
You don't know, know, know

It's radio k-fuck
It's coming in loud and clear
But the signals crossed
You can't shut it off
And it knows no fear

It's a monster
I can tell you
It's someone to be scared of
It's the predator deep inside

It's not the sharks outside you
It's not living in the dark
It's what lurks inside your mind
That it sparks


4.I Just Want Affection

I just want affection
I want to feel you near
I want to know that you're real, yeah
That you are for real

They say i have a problem
They say there's something wrong, so wrong
With wanting and desire
This desire is strong
I just want affection
I just want to sweat
I'm wanting to feel
That life is real
Is there something wrong with that?
No no no

I just want affection
I want to feel you here
I want to know that you're real, yeah, yeah
And that i really do feel--
That you can love me
And i can love you
And you can love me
And i can love you

I just want affection
Can you help me please now
I need a desparate need of attention
Am i wrong for that? am i?
Is there something wrong with that?
No no

I just want affection
I need to sweat
I need to know
That this world, is this world
And i'm not alone
Is there something wrong with that?
No no no


5.I Met A Man

I heard a man who called me
I heard his name unfold
I heard a man who called me
I heard his spirit told

I heard a music in me
I heard a sound inside
I heard a man remind me
Of what lives inside
Doo do a doo doo

How do you love?
And how do you care?
And how do you live and believe?
Do you look away?

I heard a music in me
I heard a sound inside
I heard a man remind me
Of what lives inside
Doo do a do do d-do

How do you love?
And how do you care?
How do you live and believe?
Do you look away?


6.The Woman's Boat

Now, i am a woman
And you are a man
I was born different from you
On this earth we both stand
Now, as a daughter
I have learned rules and laws
What to say and not to say
What's acceptable to be called
In the woman's boat
On the woman's sea
They are calling us
They are calling us to sea

And yes, i have my worries
About the human race
You see my breasts are aching
And i hope it's not too late
For the woman's boat
On the woman's sea
They are calling us and they're calling me

How the seasons change
They rock and they rage
Will i please allow the thunder
And the birth inside of me

Now do you believe in powers
Like the human and the seed
And how evolution happens
How the whirlpool spins in me
Oh grandmother tell us your secrets
Your stories passed down through the years
Could i really believe it?
Is there something happening here?
In the woman's boat
On the woman's sea
Is there something hidden
Something to see

Oh the seasons change
They're rocky and they rage
Will i please allow the thunder
And the birth inside of me


7.Wild Bride

The wild bride lives
In the back of a forest
On a black dark path
Her feet are like tree roots
Her hands of vines
And she holds you and she will entwine

Dreams, she finds out are shattered like a knife
And she hopes that somewhere along the line
And she might find--she has thorns and she scars
And she will leave her mark
She's the wild one
She's the wild bride

The wild bride asks
And hopes for the future
And children, an abundance of them
But a ball and a chain and war, her domain
She wants them no longer this way
Dreams she finds out are shattered like a knife
And she hopes that somewhere along the line
She might find--
Can i tear back the veils that are here?
Resisting the white gown i fear
For the wildness in me wants to exist

Why must i wear these tattered old dresses
And white lace over my gown
And why must i be a barbie doll figure
Like on a cake, on a crown

Why does it have to be?
Can i change the loop on the wild bride
Underneath? and her dreams
She finds out are shattered by life
And she hopes that somwhere along the line
She might find--love

The wild bride falls to the earth
A sacrifice
No one can break from this ball and chain
Of this wild bride
The thorns in her hands
And a rest for her skins
And belly filled with gold
And seed like a pomegranate
And roots for her limbs
And telling you she'll wrap you with sin


8.Sacrifice

I could be under a tree
Looking for an answer today
But though i cannot find some peace of mind
I know that i will be fine
As i find my way, to motherhood

Motherhood the question of a life
To be the window here into the world
The world, the earth
It requires, that mother sit
And mother sow the wheat
And as the grain comes down
Mother surely feast
It's the story of the land
It's the heart
It's the soul of the man

It's the life
It's the god
It's the need
It's the life
It's the seed that we seek

But though i cannot find some peace of mind
I know that i will be fine
As i find my way
It requires, that mother sit
And mother sow the wheat
And as the grain comes down
Mother surely feast
It's the story of the land
It's the heart
It's the soul of the man

It's the life
It's the god
It's the need
It's the life
It's the seed that we seek

How can i turn it away?
How can i say no to what i am
The woman, the door, the woman
Now i sit with my child
Living out my life
I sit with my child
The sacrifice


9.Lay Down Your Pain

I can hear
Your voice, your voice
Calling from the window
When you yelled that night
I didn't understand at all

But you hurt
And you cried
And you're mad
And you're angry at the world
You want to tear it down
You want to pull it down, down down
Come on and lay down
Lay down, lay down your pain

Having you here, feels good
Feels good inside the afternoon
And no one else
Could ever take away that, man
You wanted love
But have you fear
You wanted love but it's the fear
And yet the fear it feels so real
And you run, run away
Running from the pain, the pain
Come on and lay down
Lay down, lay down your pain

Don't you see
This world
This world can be what you want
Don't give it up, boy
Don't you give it up, don't give it
Don't you give it up, boy
You wanted love
You wanted joy
You wanted simple things in life

The world, the world is a better place
And this world is a better place
Yes, the world is a better place
1234567 all good girls go to heaven
That's what they say
1234567 all good boys go to heaven
That's what they say
Cause the world is a better place
Yes, the world is a better place

Come on, come on and lay down
Won't you lay down this pain
The world is a better place
Lay down your pain


10.Long Time Coming

It'll be a long time coming
It's part of life i don't like
Saying goodbye to old friends
And the end of life
And what we know
It'll be a long time coming, boy
Till we meet again

Well it's time to say goodbye
And all the things we've said and cried
Through our lives
You will be on my lips
It'll be a long time coming, boy
Till we meet again

Into the earth we go and we dive
Into the spirit world
Where our hearts lie
We go down into the sea
Of eternal life
They say there is a light
And we're freed, some say

We will find a better place, they say
Some day
We will finally meet some day
We will sing in joy
We will sing amazing grace
And say we loved to know
Long time coming, a long time
Will come some day
We will meet on that glorious day
Long time coming, a long time
It'll come some day


11.Death

Oh mother, can you hear me
Can you hear me now
Did you die alone and afraid
That no one knew the pain
That still remained
Inside your breast this night
Inside this holy place
A place into the void

Can you hear
Hear me now as i call
I'm calling you here
I can't explain
Explosions
And the wound in my heart today
I'm killing myself with drink
I'm killing myself to think
I didn't tell you i cared

Can you hear
I needed to say
To let you know
I felt your pain

I'm calling your name to let you know
That i'm sorry for the shame
Disguised as blame
And the hurt and pain
And the love i couldn't say
That i want to say now

Oh peace, let there be peace
It's beautiful here
There is safety in my ears
It's wonderful to be with you