"To Be A Woman" lyrics - MELISSA ETHERIDGE

Have you ever held your breath
On the water's edge?
Known that it was fight or flight
On an unstable ledge
Picked up the pieces
Of a promise or a pledge

[Pre-Chorus:]
Then you know what it's like
You know what it takes
You know in your heart how it feels

[Chorus:]
To be a woman (Ooh)
To be a woman (Ooh)

Have you ever found some hope
In the emptiness?
Suffered burns and breaks
And called yourself blessed
Overcome the fear
Found the courage to say "Yes"

[Pre-Chorus:]
Then you know what it's like
You know what it takes
And you know in your heart how it feels

[Chorus:]
To be a woman (Ooh)
Oh, to be a woman (Ooh)
To be a woman (Ooh)
Oh, to be a woman (Ooh)

[Bridge:]
Believed that the dark
Bleeds into dawn
Found something right
When everything was all wrong

[Guitar solo]

Have you ever talked it out
Over coffee cups?
Knowing that forgiveness
Will always be rough
Do you believe that there's nothing
More powerful than love?

[Pre-Chorus:]
Then you know what it's like
And you know what it takes
And you know in your heart how it feels

[Chorus:]
To be a woman (Ooh)
To be a woman (To be a woman)
To be a woman, oh (Ooh)
To be a woman (To be a woman)
Ooh, a woman, yeah (Ooh)
To be a woman (To be a woman)
To be a woman, yeah (Ooh)
To be a woman