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An Ode to the Boob. For my mother and my grandmother.

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Amazons
© 2009

Standing on the shoulders
Of wise, wild women
Amazons
With one breast in their hand
Scars across their hearts
Wide open arms
To pull back a bow
To send off an arrow
Of love across these lands

Mothers, sisters, aunts
Grandmothers and lovers and aunts
They can live
With a scar across their hearts.

She says you can take it off
Cos it’s done its job
Comforted a tired man
And fed a hungry mob
She says
I don’t need no bosom
To prove I’m a woman

Cos I’m a
Mother, sister aunt
Grandmother and a lover and
An aunt
And I’ll live
With a scar across my heart

Cos it still beats true
For every single one of you
I can live with a scar across my heart
You can win wars with a mother’s love

I’m standing on the shoulders
Of wise, wild women
Amazons
With one breast in their hand
Scars across their hearts
Wide open arms

Mothers sisters aunts
Grandmothers and lovers and aunts
They live
They live

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from Me You Kitchen Now, released May 5, 2010

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The Melissa Main Band Melbourne, Australia

The Melissa Main Band makes eclectic cabaret folk music with punchy lyrics and catchy tunes.

An award-winning songwriter and engaging performer, Main sings honey-sweetness and dark chocolate growl on a rolling landscape of solid grooves and infectious melody created by her band.
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