Chick Singers
Well this bald headed girl I know
sent me a tape of Bjork and Courtney Love
and PJ Harvey
called it "brilliant womyn"
i put it in my car
heard it all the way down to the coast
normally, if left to my
own devices
i don't hear chick singers much
i guess
it's guys i hear the most
sometimes these days
don't it seem
like its enough
for girls to love a girl
or use the
f word prominently
masturbate in public
or learn guitar
tied up to a post
I thought of all this hearing Bjork
and Courtney Love and PJ Harvey
in my car driving to the coast
Tori Amos, Liz Phair, Sinaed O'Connor
Suzanne Vega,
Jill Sobule,
Melissa Etheridge
Tracey Chapman, Ani
DiFranco,
Michelle Shocked
Everyone of them
has something special that I kinda like
But every now
and then
while listening to them
I feel like when
we were kids
I pulled their hair or stole their bike
these days, it seems like
there's a lot of girls
who sing
and some of them are good
and some of them
are not
but its always kinda cool
that moment when
they first step up to the mic
if i was a girl i could
sing real high,
and also then
i'd know what having
breasts would be like
chick singers
chick singers
chicks singers
i started thinkin bout
kate bush,
patsy cline, billie holiday
janis joplin, bessie smith,
patty smith
annie lennox, chrissie hynde
and bonnie
raitt
seems like there's an awful lot of women
in whose
honor i would
like to raise my glass
and give a toast
some of them are still alive
and some i hear their
voices like a ghost
maybe this thursday
i'll throw
a party
and invite every woman
that ever sang a song
this would be a party
that i think i would like to be the
host
thanks to the bald headed girl
whose tape of bjork
and courtney love
and PJ Harvey
i heard driving to the coast
