Lyrics

Alonso/Davis/Halloran 08

When I was three my momma told me
cute little girls shouldn't play out doors
When I was five my daddy said I
acted too much like I was four

oh and so I tried so hard
to be their little star
but somewhere along the way---

I fell
down from their heaven
guess angel didn't fit me
too well
I lost my halo and wigs
when I escaped from hell
the girl they expected to see
grew up and turned into me

In college I tried to be someone's bride
but he needed a maid and mommy
I got my first job workin' for a corporate snob
but he wanted cream with his coffee

oh and feeling so confused
and sick of being used
I broke my little cage

I fell
down from their heaven
guess angel didn't fit me
too well
I lost my halo and wigs
when I escaped from hell
the girl they expected to see
grew up and turned into me

society and magazines are telling me
whose who, who I should and who I shouldn't be
they're sizing me up and tearing me down but they won't break my will
you can't label me or put me in a box
I'm a little snow white a little Goldie-lox
I'm Tarzan and Jane, Abel and Cain and I'm jack and Jill

I fell
down from their heaven
guess angel didn't fit me
too well
I lost my halo and wigs
when I escaped from hell

I fell
down from their heaven
guess angel didn't fit me
too well
I lost my halo and wigs
when I escaped from hell
the girl they expected to see
grew up and turned into me