Contradiction
copyright 1994 Mary Bertke
Gm Fm Gm
She's a walking contradiction
C2 Gm
in the terms she sets for life
C2
Her dreams are split forever
Gm Fm Gm
like two sides of a knife.
F
Faces opposite each other
Gm Fm Gm
with a hair-fine line between . . .
C
She wants to be a pauper and
Gm Fm Gm
she wants to be a queen.
So many lives and faces that
she never wants to know.
So many darkened alleys where
her heart's yearning to go.
She wants to find protection
but she's always flying free...
She's fascinated by the things
she doesn't want to see.
She's a walking contradiction
confused by bitter pain.
Torn apart by hatred
for a world that's gone insane.
Her only joy is struggling,
she wants an end to strife.
She balks from new ideas
and thinks there must be more to life.