Paula Cole - Somethin' I've Gotta Say lyrics

I lost but I did not lose the lesson
Oh, 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
There's somethin' I've gotta say
There's 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 brass ring
But money's so empty
The road will leave you lonelier than lonely
I'm sorry
I learned my lesson late in life and 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