From the recording I Know a Sister
Inspired by a conversation I had with a woman whose ovarian cysts disappeared when she stopped seeing a particular lover. We discussed how energy is transferred between people through sex, and can manifest physically in a woman's body. This song examines this phenomenon and urges women to love themselves enough to walk away from a situation that is neither emotionally nor physically healthy, and to do so somehow without anger.
Lyrics
I know a sister She's got growths in her womb I have a girlfriend She's got some of them too I know a mother Thinking she was having her third But she gave birth to a Two-and-a-half pound symbol of his burden I know a young man With a serpent tattooed on his arm I feel the danger when he's playing I can taste his charm So we claim that there's this chemical reaction We surrender cause we Crave what little passion they giveBut if we recall what is sacred We will bless them Bless them and just say we're on our way I know a sister She's got growths in her womb I have a girlfriend She's got some of them too I know a mother Thinking she was having her third But she gave birth to a Two-and-a-half pound symbol of his burdenNow What I'm saying Is the energy we all possess Is passed between us Sometimes loving Sometimes quite a mess And when we give ourselves To one who does not know himself Then we take inside the chaos he's created But if we recall what is sacred We will bless them Bless them and just say we're on our way Every climax Which should be the merging of two souls Becomes the transference of garbage to the dumping hole In the junkyard We will strain to find the useful things We seek the beauty In the driest field of dirt and weeds And there's a sister She sees potential in him And there's a girlfriend She sees the soul that's within And there's a mother Believing he's just going through a phase Performs her duty cuz she knows That he, like she, is afraid I know a sister (Tell him that you cannot stay) I have a girlfriend (Walk away without the hate) I know a mother (Remember what is sacred) I know a young man I know her husbandI have a lover Bless him and just say I'm on my way