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... a fairy tale, Cinderella's dust-bin daughter.
Seemed like I was meant to fail, Turning wine back into water,
Mama's slippers shattered when She turned around to run,
But I never thought that mattered and My story is not done.
So I said, mama, make my bed, Make it up both long and narrow,
Tell the cynics that I'm dead, Let me hitchhike through the yarrow,
Ghost-girl on the median, With a thumb cocked to the sun,
But I'd rather be the banshee and My story is not done.
It's not done until it's told, It's not told until it's written,
If I'm brave and if I'm bold, I can challenge what's forbidden,
For nobody gets to tell me That I'll never be the one.
When they ask you what befell me, Say my story is not done.
Left my family in a storybook; Tell my sisters that I'm sorry.
I never dared a backwards look, On the path to purgatory,
And I've got no regrets for All the things I've left undone.
I've been on the road to glory, for My story is not done.
I have wandered through the carnival, Seen the secret shadows dancing,
Counted feathers where they'd fall, Taken chances not worth chancing,
I have counted out my jackdaws and My magpies one by one,
I have always been an outlaw, and My story is not done.
It's not done until it's told, It's not told until it's written,
If I'm brave and if I'm bold, I can challenge what's forbidden,
For nobody gets to tell me That I'll never be the one.
When they ask you what befell me, Say my story is not done.
So come on all you fox-girls and you ghost-girls And you pretty pirates,
Come on all you wild girls and you lost girls And you shrinking violets,
Come and pay the piper, say you'll leave their wars unwon.
It's only words on paper, and your story is not done.
I was born into a fairy tale, Never tried to find Prince Charming.
Had a different ship to sail, Didn't find the waves alarming,
For noone gets to tell me If I've lost of if I've won.
When they ask you what befell me, Say my story is not done.
It's not done until it's told It's not told until it's written
If I'm brave and I am bold I can challenge what's forbidden
But nobody gets to tell me that I'll never be the one
When they ask you what befell me say My story is not done