The Canary

I was named after my grandmothers in the tradition of my family
 I was born after my stillborn sister
 Romantic idealistic lies, euphemized as fantasy
 But the water always bursts first from the blister
 Iridescent light leads down a path
 That's left me miserable at times
 With my heart in my throat still beating, still beating
 Amelia, please, don't go
 Just stay
 Don't go
 Amelia, please, don't go
 Just stay
 Don't go
 Don't go
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 I remember the first time that I felt
 The cool breeze upon my face
 I didn't understand it at the time
 But the calling of adventure and my heart's increasing pace
 It was the ticker tape that I could not deny
 Deny
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 I'll cut my hair short
 And I'll sleep in my jacket so it appears worn
 Oh, I'm no baggage
 No willing passenger
 Those women who came before me
 Ain't nothing like me, sir
 Ain't nothing like me
 So this time I'll do it, I'll do it on my own
 This time I'm going out alone
 So this time I'll do it, I'll do it on my own
 This time I'm going out alone
 Amelia, please, don't go
 Just stay
 Don't go
 Amelia, please, don't go
 Just stay
 Don't go
 I can hear their pleas and cries falling far behind me
 Succeed or fail, this is who I'm to become
 Seven thousand miles of ocean stand between me and my destiny
 Somewhere beyond it or inside it
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 Women must pay for everything
 Women must pay for everything
 They do get more glory than men for comparable tasks
 But they also get more notoriety when they crash
 When they crash