Sister Mine
© 1999 Kyra Marino

Stuck in the space between
Some brain tease and some beauty queen
And we were ready to shine them all out
But they don’t understand a word we say

Bound up as fireflies
Take wing but find there’s no air to climb
We were ready to burn the walls down
But they don’t understand a word we say

YOU WERE THE STAR THAT MADE THE NIGHT SKY BRIGHT
YOU WERE THE BREATH THAT FED MY QUIET LIGHT
GO, SISTER MINE, DON’T WAIT FOR THE RIGHT TIME
SISTER MINE DON’T LOOK BEHIND
SHE SAID LIVE IT GOOD, LIVE IT GOOD SISTER MINE

So the day would come
When the door swung unlocked and the wide-open road was mine
Ready to bring the house down
But they don’t understand a word I say
So I prayed to the western moon
I’m still there inside that little room
Where I am bare in the silence of you
They don’t understand a word I say

CHORUS

Go Sister Mine – don’t wait for the right time
He’s a ravager – he’s a scavenger whore
Wanting for you – but poison inside
Take it from me, girl, he won’t fight a day for you
Sister Mine – don’t wait for the right time
There’s no mercy there – there’s no freedom there
Tainted heart – Oh, jaded heart
Take it from me, girl, he won’t fight a day for you…

So I prayed to the western moon again
Twist up this life inside my little room
What do I do once they’re in me?
Will I understand a word they say?

CHORUS

Go with Godspeed, girl…