[00:00.00] 作词 : -[00:01.00] 作曲 : -[00:11.12]She was a smart kid[00:12.68]Smart girl, soft eyes[00:14.01]Took in a hard world and saw it[00:15.60]Fast forward[00:16.57]She’s moving for money in bars full of tourists[00:19.19]She’s moved up to massage[00:20.87]She’s happy, she’s in charge[00:22.23]Talking to clients[00:23.59]Adoring the silence[00:25.09]Of after the session[00:26.28]Her and the night air[00:28.01]How to be more than the sum of your parts?[00:30.44]She knows how they see her but they don’t know half[00:33.35]I never wanted to be anybody other[00:36.09]Than the person that I am[00:37.32]And the things that I discovered[00:39.20]In the circles that I ran[00:40.14]Have been difficult and humbling[00:41.73]Some don’t understand[00:42.92]But I’m happiest when struggling[00:44.64]She’s not reluctant to touch[00:46.62]It’s the one thing[00:47.70]That must bring us closer together[00:49.43]It’s such an important endeavour[00:51.68]To feel tender[00:53.15]She can’t believe there are some[00:54.95]Who have never been held in their lives[00:57.12]Eight months in a boardroom[00:58.70]Three on the motorway[01:00.24]One in a small room[01:01.73]Watching the dawn loom large over grey bricks[01:04.39]It’s not sordid, it’s sacred[01:05.99]To open them up to the warmth[01:08.21]Of her nature; it’s ancient[01:09.68]She don’t wanna do it forever[01:11.76]But let’s face it[01:12.76]Wages are ******[01:14.05]And rent is outrageous[01:15.37]Some might say that she’s being degraded[01:18.32]But she makes her own mind up[01:19.99]Knows her own morals[01:21.19]She don’t care ‘bout how most people see it[01:23.89]One man’s certain is another man’s squabble[01:26.68]Life’s to be lived[01:28.15]Not agreed with[01:28.99]She’s making her living[01:30.62]And she’s making it safely[01:32.14]Better than slaving away in an office[01:34.82]Or killing herself to fill some boss’s pockets[01:37.64]Working for peanuts and making them conkers[01:41.06]I never wanted to be anybody other[01:43.33]Than the person that I am[01:44.83]And the things that I discovered[01:46.21]In the circles that I ran[01:47.79]Have been difficult and humbling[01:49.08]Some don’t understand[01:50.37]But I’m happiest when struggling[01:51.75]Well all of us walk to our own beat[01:54.53]And each person’s rhythm is unique[01:56.23]You can’t hear somebody’s tune[01:57.98]If you count in your time[01:59.66]You must count their time[02:01.75]To enjoy how their mind[02:03.00]Makes its music[02:04.19]She fell in love with a suitor[02:05.78]His name was Pete and while she was at work[02:08.59]He got stoned and watched snooker[02:10.31]And when she got home he cooked food for them both[02:12.86]They were happy and close[02:14.16]But she could feel it pulling at the threads of their tapestry[02:16.99]Unravelling all that he knew to be true[02:20.11]He’s the type to say, ‘This is reality’[02:22.68]He finds it very hard to alter his view[02:25.53]But, gradually[02:26.60]She has felt less and less certain[02:28.23]That his understanding would stretch[02:29.99]And now she’s got to justify all her decisions[02:33.65]But he doesn’t listen, just gets upset[02:36.49]But she, in her wisdom, is ready to try[02:39.29]She thinks of his feelings[02:41.34]She kisses his neck in the evenings[02:42.99]Tells him, for them she’s a sweet thing[02:45.31]In-between meetings[02:46.82]But he has her depth and the whole of her[02:49.19]But when he’s holding her hand[02:50.57]It feels less like her hand[02:52.17]And more like his hand[02:53.86]And when he’s kissing her face[02:56.26]It feels less like her face[02:57.92]And more like his face[02:59.44]She’s become displaced[03:00.98]Is she herself?[03:02.19]Or is she the girl that he wants her to be?[03:04.85]She tells him, ‘I don’t want to hurt you[03:07.08]But your judgements are heavy[03:09.11]And they’re hurting me.’[03:11.40]I never wanted to be anybody other[03:13.24]Than the person that I am[03:14.89]And the things that I discovered[03:16.21]In the circles that I ran[03:17.39]Have been difficult and humbling[03:18.94]Some don’t understand[03:20.31]But I’m happiest when struggling