Dancing to Womanhood

There's a life in headphones
beating the beat
of Michael and Prince
But I wonder sometimes
if it's yours
Or borrowed like something
to warm you
against the chill
of womanhood

I laugh, because you told me once
that you felt
you'd been seduced
And it was another matter
you spoke about
yet there's seduction still
as you dance this dance
along the way
to womanhood

There's pleading in your eyes
to find it here
within cassettes
The key to a life written by others
where the words rhyme
and slide guitar
promises tomorrow
all night long
and womanhood

So take it there or make it here
take it from Michael
or make it yourself
Know the beat that makes you smile
makes you move
and sway
and close your eyes
And you'll find the words to write
your womanhood