Wandering Daughter Lyrics - Kimya Dawson

I am the wanderer's wandering daughter 

Wrestle the pestle for the sake of the mortar 

I love as I breathe and leave as I live 

My cast iron shield's a titanium sieve 

And a castle that's built on confusion and doubt 

Is a nickel within and a dollar without 

Just when the shoes seem so big I can't win 

I fill my own sneakers and take off again 

I am the wanderer's wandering daughter 

Take all my pain and I mix it with water 

It's sunny it's sweet and I don't purple stuff it 

One day by the way I met Little Miss Muffet 

I blew my mind with the stuff that I taught her 

I am the wanderer's wandering daughter 

I said if a spider should sit down beside you 

Tell him your name and then tell him the truth 

A great hairy spider appeared there and then 

And the holes in my soul started letting in wind 

I felt like a lamb being led to the slaughter 

I am the wanderer's wandering daughter 

She said, "I'm Miss Muffet, I'm very afraid 

But something inside me is making me stay" 

I know deep down that if I run away 

I'll just meet more spiders and still feel the same 

The spider he smiled and said how is this true 

When I am so terribly smaller than you? 

My web it just went in the way the wind blew 

What I was in for I hadn't a clue 

He touched her face gently with six of his legs 

And licked from her chin a speck of curds and whey 

When I was certain they'd both be okay 

I tightened my laces and I walked away 

As I walked away I was feeling excluded 

Wishing my impulses weren't diluted 

The muscle I hustle is real for my friends 

But the muscle I keep for myself is pretend 

I am the wanderer's wandering daughter 

Travel the land and I live like a martyr 

The things that I do aren't the things that I teach 

If I spend my time practicing when will I preach 

I do what I must as you do what you oughta 

I am the wanderer's wandering daughter 

Take all my pain and mix it with water 

I am the wanderer's wandering daughter 

I'm lost and alone and I'm fair and I'm free 

You am what you is and I are who I be 

What I'm lacking in strength I make up for in smarts 

You keep your stability, I'll keep my heart 

Fear finds October, emotions are juices 

Beat around bushes and make up excuses 

Go out for ceruleans, come home with chartreuses 

Snip and cut bonsais and turn them to spruces 

Miss Muffet called me and she said don't cry 

Real friends are friends until after they die 

Still I romanticize all this disorder 

I am the wanderer's wandering daughter 

Hop the next bus and run for the border 

I am the wanderer's wandering daughter 

Give you my life if you give me a quarter 

I am the wanderer's wandering daughter 

So long it's been good to know ya 

So long it's been good to know ya 

So long it's been good to know ya 

I've got to be moving along