Words K. Howard and Music B. Brubaker
©1998

Pardon my depression
If it's not convenient at this time
So long I've tried to tell you
And yet the problem's all mine

I don't mean to cause trouble-
Just want to be me
Without chains or
Societal nonsense you want me to be

Pardon me if I upset you
Or dishevel the
Preconcpetions of
What a woman should say or be today

Label me if that makes you sane
I will remain the same
Pigeon-hole the world
And see that you are a squirrel