Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)

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Doctors have come from distant cities
just to see me
stand over my bed
disbelieving what they're seeing
they say I must be one of the wonders
of god's own creation
and as far as they can see they can offer
no explanation

Natalie Merchant

Have I been blind
have I been lost
inside myself and
my own mind
hypnotized
mesmerized
by what my eyes have seen?

Natalie Merchant

O, I believe
fate smiled and destiny
laughed as she came to my cradle
know this child will be able
laughed as she came to my mother
know this child will not suffer
laughed as my body she lifted
know this child will be gifted
with love, with patience and with faith
she'll make her way

Natalie Merchant

People see me
I'm a challenge to your balance
I'm over your heads
how I confound you and astound you

Natalie Merchant

I've walked these streets
in the mad house asylum
they can be
where a wild eyed misfit prophet
on a traffic island stopped
and he raved of saving me

Natalie Merchant

Newspapers ask intimate questions
want confessions
they reach into my head
to steal the glory of my story

Natalie Merchant