Ms Eva Johnson - Average Girl Lyrics

And now, let's talk

Average Girl
Not a sinner
Not a saint
Lost in her own world
Sitting still enough to paint
Straight shoulders slumped
Shaped silhouette stained
Pained
And she's beautiful right?
But her beauty is a little quaint
And it's because she's confused
Battling heart issues
Been dumped and used and she wants to refuse
But can she afford to lose
What little affection allows her to smile at her reflection
You see
Mama doesn't care
She bore them nine. Some dark, some fair
And average girl was number five, so she doesn't care
And papa was rarely ever there
But when he was there
He penetrated her bare
I'm talking front and rear
Short legs almost tear
Round face oozing fear
Fluttering tears
Utmost despair
But you don't care

You see her
Curl into the solitude that is her peace and her prison
You see her
Happiness is fleeting
Joy lasts only for a season
You see her
Tainted smile
Every once in a while
But you don't care

See it wasn't just papa
It was him and Uncle Moses
That ruined her innocence
Treated her life with lackadaisical complacence
Like it lost the very essence
Of the life it was living
Of the youth she was grieving
Of the hurt, she was bleeding
But you don't care

You see her
Muster the words to speak but you purse her lips every time
You see her
Try not to concede defeat but you push her down every time
You see her
Tainted smile
Every once in a while
But you don't care

See I can't point a finger
Because three point back my way
So my guilt does linger of condoning objectification
Teaching girls that their worth is only in a man
Teaching boys that girl are toys made for every man to amass
As many as he wants, as often as he wants because
"Boys don't fornicate. Fornication only applies to Sister Kate"

But we must begin to educate that women and men are great
That the value of life is in the fact of life itself
That the problem of abuse is with the abuser him or herself
That the problem of abuse is with the abuser him or herself
And any society that puts the abuser on a
Podium, platform, pedestal, shelf
Really abuses itself

See, average girl could be your mother
Your sister, a stranger or a friend
But when you see the average girl walk past you
With a half smile
Go the extra mile to heal her hurt
Even if only for a little while
Because
You see her
Tainted smile
Every once in a while
Do you care?
Do you?
(She's not perfect)