Strawberry

Sometimes it feels like I'm swimming with sharks

Just reading books by myself in the park

And when I'm walking alone after dark

I don’t want your yell, don’t shout me out

Over my headphones

I hear you telling me to smile

And then you reach for me

Bit in the ocean bleeding

Where is your self-control

Now you’ve been talking for a while

You don’t even let me speak

You think you know everything

The days I’ve patiently waited

While things, I know are clarified or debated

Your eyes close when you talk about champagne

My eyes roll back so far I see my brain

And there is so much you try to explain

That I don’t wanna know, keep to yourself

I load into the show

You ask if I'm somebody’s girlfriend

Not seen as capable

Just someone’s property

The days I’ve patiently waited

While you miscalculated, I don’t owe you anything

You stand in front of me blocking the view

But I’ll climb ladders to see over you

And if there’s something you think I can’t do

Don’t need your company, don’t knock me down

What do you deserve from me

N-o-t-h-i-n-g

Why do you always have to be

So c-r-y-p-t-i-c

Save the calls for my kitty

C-h-a-r-l-i-e

Wish you had earned that PhD

In r-e-s-p-e-c-t

How many girls in this city

Are getting t-i-r-e-d

Finding a sense of security

Through h-i-d-i-n-g

Wish I could swim but I'm in your teeth

B-l-e-e-d-i-n-g

Wish you had earned that PhD

In r-e-s-p-e-c-t