Adele & Miley Cyrus - No Good Woman

 

You wanted quiet

I gave you storms

Said you liked fire

But not when it burns

Told me to shine

Then cursed the glow

You kissed the wild

Now say I'm cold

I wore my boots

In your ivory halls

You asked for real

I gave it all

 But every truth

I spit out clean

Got twisted into some kind of sin

 

They call me reckless

 Call me wrong

Just ‘cause I don't

Beg to belong

I speak too loud

I drink too late

I don't smile pretty

Just to play it safe

I've been the villain

 In their tales

The girl who laughs

When the silence fails

They pray i’ll break

That I regret

But I ain’t  shed

The skin just yet  

Don't need not saving

Don't need their Grace

 I've danced alone

 In darkness place

 If I'm too much

That’s how I'm built

Not name for shame

Not made for guilt.

 

Not good woman

That's what they say

Too sharp, too soft

Too far away

We don’t come wrapped

In perfect bows

We rise from ashes

No one knows

You want devotion

Go find a doll

These heart don't break

It learns to brawl

We are not your Saints

Not porcelain still

We're not good women

But damn, we’re real

They called me pitter

When I cried

Say I was ice

When I survived

Too much feeling

Not enough Grace

Always a problem

Taking up space

I bent in broke

To fit the mold

Till all that's left

Was cracked and cold

But still I stood

With every scar

Didn't fade out

I raised the bar

So let them whisper

Let them swear

Their judgments never

Paid my fair

I found my strength

 Where others fall

In being nothing

Like them at all

No good woman

That's what they claim

To wild, to bless

Too proud to blame  

We fight like hell

We love like fire

Don't shrink to fit

What they require

You want perfection?

That ain't our song

We walk through storms

And still stay strong

We're not you're dream

Not polished steel

We're not good women

But damn we're real.

 

They wanted sweets

I gave ‘em soul

Wanted soft

I gave control

They love the idea

Not the mess

But honey I don't

Clean up for less

Keep your crown

I'll keep my truth

I'm not good woman

And that's my proof.

 

Not good woman

That's what they say

That's what they say

But I ain’t afraid

We born too bright

We walk too far

We carry flames

And every scar

Don’t need your labels

Don’t need your Grace

I wear my flaws

Right on my face

We’re not good women

They never see

But we’re everything

We’re meant to be.