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There is a girl out on the sea
Floating on a pink surfboard
With a picnic lunch and parasol
Sitting there like a typical girl
You don't know me but I've been watching you all day
I thought that by ignoring you, perhaps, you'd go away
I thought it was just too much sun as I faced out across the bay
Hearing all these voices telling me how to spend my day
Then I turned around and I saw you standing there
Talking all this time, talking like you care
It's been ten years and you haven't gone away
So I'm finally speaking up, it's time to have my say
First of all, my name isn't Mimi
It's Ruth, Ruth Mimadoni Castradicus Phaterpithecus Triumvatini
And I come from a family of ten children
A tomboy, the youngest, I learned to fight before I learned to walk
To fight for my place in a space without grace
All cannons open by the age of two
By six I ruled the schoolyard, by fourteen, I ruled the shopping malls
Loud, active, restless, arrogant, aggressive and strong
I couldn't understand these flimsy things called teenage girls
They scattered before me like ineffective dolls
So I bullied them even more in my consternation
Trying to make them break out, trying to beat them into consciousness
And then one day, I was working on this little bit of a thing
Trying to whip her into three dimensions
She was shaking and looking confused
Way beyond her ken
I was just about to give her one last kick
When all of a sudden, she got real silent, I mean, real silent
And from somewhere faraway, someone called my name
Ruth Mimadoni Castradicus Phaterpithecus Triumvatini
And a pink surfboard was handed to me
And a voice said, "Her name will be Mimi"
And they gently urged me forward to the edge of the water
And we moved out onto the sea, Mimi and me
And the language between us was wordless and hung in the air
And I spent a lot of time thinking about chains
That bound the others but not me
And then I started to feel so trapped by feeling, oh, so free
And some days I hated the pink, I hated the pink
Pink for weakness and girls and little posies
Pink for subjugation, oppression, asexuality, moral shrivenness
Ignorance and painted toesies
And yet, it's pink that is my friend out here
Out on the sea that I'm learning to fear
Pink that's showing me the way
Learning how to not have my say
To hear what you might have to say
Stand up, Mimi, stand up
And so you're saying 'stand up' to a natural athlete
It's much harder for me
To sit here feeling, oh, so incomplete
Something strange occurred
On the local beach that day
One girl paddled out to sea
The other slowly walked away
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Đăng lời dịchAlbums has song "Mimi Speaks"
Singles
127 songs
- It Can't Rain All The Time 1 2006
- She's Like The Swallow 2007
- Love Is Everything 2006
- Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog 2006
- Jesus Christ The Apple Tree 2007
- You Say I Say 2006
- Temple 2006
- Mimi On The Beach 2006
- The Valley 2006
- The Life Is The Red Wagon 2006
- The Waitress 2006
- At The Beginning Of Time 2006
- Sail Across The Water 2006
- Bound By The Beauty 2006
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 2006
- The Sky Is So Blue 2006
- You Don't Need 2006
- Valley Of The Dolls 2006
- Writers Are A Funny Breed 2006
- Slow Tango 2006
- The Taxi Ride 2006
- The Water Is Wide 2006
- The Walking (And Constantly) 2006
- The Lobby 2006
- Sweet Incarnadine 2006
- The Vigil (The Sea) 2006
- The Mystery At Ogwen's Farm 2006
- The Magic Beads 2006
- When Spring Comes 2006
- Calling All Angels 2006
- We Should Be There By Morning 2006
- What Child Is This? 2006
- When Last I Was A Fisherman 2006
- Would You Go 2006
- Jacob's Ladder 2006
- See The Child 2006
- You Will Be Born 2006
- Above The Treeline 2006
- Adam And Eve 2006
- Angel Voyeur 2006
- Are You Burning, Little Candle? 2006
- Barkis Is Willin' 2006
- Red High Heels 2006
- Hockey 2006
- Broken Birds 2006
- Hotel Room 417 2006
- Burning Ship 2006
- Something About Trains 2006
- Caravan 2006
- The Empty City 2006
- Dancing Class 2006
- Goodbye 2006
- Extra Executives 2006
- Wildwood Carol 2006
- First Word 2006
- An Angel Stepped Down (And Slowly Looked Around) 2006
- Flirtin' Is A Flo-Thing 2006
- As I Roved Out 2006
- Foecke 2006
- Vladimir Vladimir 2006
- Freedom Is Gold 2006
- Goin' Down The River 2006
- Map Of The World (Part II) 2006
- Grace Hospital 2006
- Seven Steps To The Wall 2006
- I Muse Aloud 2006
- I Paddle My Canoe 2006
- Miss Punta Blanca 2006
- In the Blue Light 2006
- Last Word 2006
- Are We Dancing Now? 2006
- Let's Not Talk Now 2006
- La Jalouse 2006
- Marco Polo 2006
- The Gospel According To Darkness 2006
- Maria 2006
- Ingrid And The Footman 2006
- Follow Me 2006
- Maria Wanders Through The Thorn 2006
- Lena Is A White Table 2006
- Mimi Speaks 2006
- Mein Bitte 2006
- Mary Had... 2006
- Nasty And Delicious 2006
- Map Of The World (Part III): Are We Dancing Now? 2007
- Begat Begat 2006
- O Holy Night 2006
- Lovin' Cup 2006
- Caravan (Alternate Version) 2006
- O Shenandoah * Sail Away 2006
- Honey Bee 2006
- Quoi, Ma Voisine, Es-Tu Fachée? 2007
- Ol' Man River 2006
- Are You Burning, Little Candle? (Alternate Version) 2007
- Song To My Father 2006
- Pontchartrain 2006
- I Will Survive 2006
- Half Angel Half Eagle 2006
- Puppet City 2006
- All Through The Night 2006
- Quoi, Ma Voisine, Es-Tu Fachee? 2006
- Mary's Lullaby 2006
- Shir Amami 2006
- False False Fly 2006
- Silent Night 2006
- One More Colour 2006
- Streets Of Laredo 2006
- Love Is Everything (Harmony Version) 2007
- Symmetry (The Way Things Have to Be) 2006
- The Bird In The Gravel 2006
- All The Candles In The World 2006
- The Long Pirouette 2006
- The White Tent The Raft 2006
- The Squirrel Crossed The Road 2006
- In The Bleak Mid-Winter 2006
- The Strange Well 2006
- Bessie 2006
- The Very Large Hat 2006
- This Girl I Know 2006
- Oh My My 2006
- Trumpeter Swan 2006
- Goodbye Sweet Pumpkinhead 2006
- Up The Loggin' Road 2006
- What Is This Lovely Fragrance Stealing 2006
- Viking Heart 2006
- Oh My Sister 2006
- Map Of The World (Part I) 2006
Singles
127 songs
- It Can't Rain All The Time 1 2006
- She's Like The Swallow 2007
- Love Is Everything 2006
- Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog 2006
- Jesus Christ The Apple Tree 2007
- You Say I Say 2006
- Temple 2006
- Mimi On The Beach 2006
- The Valley 2006
- The Life Is The Red Wagon 2006
- The Waitress 2006
- At The Beginning Of Time 2006
- Sail Across The Water 2006
- Bound By The Beauty 2006
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 2006
- The Sky Is So Blue 2006
- You Don't Need 2006
- Valley Of The Dolls 2006
- Writers Are A Funny Breed 2006
- Slow Tango 2006
- The Taxi Ride 2006
- The Water Is Wide 2006
- The Walking (And Constantly) 2006
- The Lobby 2006
- Sweet Incarnadine 2006
- The Vigil (The Sea) 2006
- The Mystery At Ogwen's Farm 2006
- The Magic Beads 2006
- When Spring Comes 2006
- Calling All Angels 2006
- We Should Be There By Morning 2006
- What Child Is This? 2006
- When Last I Was A Fisherman 2006
- Would You Go 2006
- Jacob's Ladder 2006
- See The Child 2006
- You Will Be Born 2006
- Above The Treeline 2006
- Adam And Eve 2006
- Angel Voyeur 2006
- Are You Burning, Little Candle? 2006
- Barkis Is Willin' 2006
- Red High Heels 2006
- Hockey 2006
- Broken Birds 2006
- Hotel Room 417 2006
- Burning Ship 2006
- Something About Trains 2006
- Caravan 2006
- The Empty City 2006
- Dancing Class 2006
- Goodbye 2006
- Extra Executives 2006
- Wildwood Carol 2006
- First Word 2006
- An Angel Stepped Down (And Slowly Looked Around) 2006
- Flirtin' Is A Flo-Thing 2006
- As I Roved Out 2006
- Foecke 2006
- Vladimir Vladimir 2006
- Freedom Is Gold 2006
- Goin' Down The River 2006
- Map Of The World (Part II) 2006
- Grace Hospital 2006
- Seven Steps To The Wall 2006
- I Muse Aloud 2006
- I Paddle My Canoe 2006
- Miss Punta Blanca 2006
- In the Blue Light 2006
- Last Word 2006
- Are We Dancing Now? 2006
- Let's Not Talk Now 2006
- La Jalouse 2006
- Marco Polo 2006
- The Gospel According To Darkness 2006
- Maria 2006
- Ingrid And The Footman 2006
- Follow Me 2006
- Maria Wanders Through The Thorn 2006
- Lena Is A White Table 2006
- Mimi Speaks 2006
- Mein Bitte 2006
- Mary Had... 2006
- Nasty And Delicious 2006
- Map Of The World (Part III): Are We Dancing Now? 2007
- Begat Begat 2006
- O Holy Night 2006
- Lovin' Cup 2006
- Caravan (Alternate Version) 2006
- O Shenandoah * Sail Away 2006
- Honey Bee 2006
- Quoi, Ma Voisine, Es-Tu Fachée? 2007
- Ol' Man River 2006
- Are You Burning, Little Candle? (Alternate Version) 2007
- Song To My Father 2006
- Pontchartrain 2006
- I Will Survive 2006
- Half Angel Half Eagle 2006
- Puppet City 2006
- All Through The Night 2006
- Quoi, Ma Voisine, Es-Tu Fachee? 2006
- Mary's Lullaby 2006
- Shir Amami 2006
- False False Fly 2006
- Silent Night 2006
- One More Colour 2006
- Streets Of Laredo 2006
- Love Is Everything (Harmony Version) 2007
- Symmetry (The Way Things Have to Be) 2006
- The Bird In The Gravel 2006
- All The Candles In The World 2006
- The Long Pirouette 2006
- The White Tent The Raft 2006
- The Squirrel Crossed The Road 2006
- In The Bleak Mid-Winter 2006
- The Strange Well 2006
- Bessie 2006
- The Very Large Hat 2006
- This Girl I Know 2006
- Oh My My 2006
- Trumpeter Swan 2006
- Goodbye Sweet Pumpkinhead 2006
- Up The Loggin' Road 2006
- What Is This Lovely Fragrance Stealing 2006
- Viking Heart 2006
- Oh My Sister 2006
- Map Of The World (Part I) 2006
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