Women's Fiction lyrics

As a woman, I have bloodstains on my clothes From the times I couldn't buy myself a way to stop my bleeding As a woman, I know each freckle on my toes From the times I kept my eyes down hoping nobody could see me And a man in the bar whispers in my ear, he says I've been talking to God again And I tell him I smell it on his breath, and he just laughs and says Let me take you home tonight I'll keep telling my stories and keep begging someone to listen I'll keep telling my stories, they'll keep calling it women's fiction As a woman I know every detour home From the crossroads to the landmarks to the nearest telephone As a woman I have blood between my teeth From the times I bit my tongue so I didn't yell or scream And the man on the step smokes a cigarette, and says Where you going in that dress? And I tell him, to hell with him He just laughs, he just says, my dear Let me take you home tonight I'll keep telling my stories and keep begging someone to listen I'll keep telling my stories, they'll keep calling it women's fiction I could write a symphony and make them weep But they're not going to see me, they're not going to hear me so I'll keep telling my stories and keep begging someone to listen I'll keep telling my stories, they'll keep calling it women's fiction