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You needed me... harmless Small enough to... patronize Called me sweet.. when I was quiet Called me cruel... when I got wise mmm-mm You wanted.. all the softness Never asked... what it had cost Took the parts... that kept you warm Left the rest of me... to starve mmm-mmmm ah-ah Don't call me girl... You can't... shrink me Don't call control... concern I am not... your little lesson I am not... yours to break mmm-mmm ah-ah oh-oh Ya wanted innocence... on command In a body... you could shame Built a cage... out of protection Then pretended... it was care mmm-mmm ah-ah oh-oh You called it nothing... at all Like I just didn't... break I was just... a pastime Some... thing... easy to replace mmm-mmm ah-ah oh-oh Don't call me girl... You can't... shrink me Don't call control... concern I am not... your little lesson I am not... yours to break mmm-mmm ah-ah oh-oh We learn early... how to soften Every no... and every wound How to smile through... being measured How to take up... even less room mmm-mmm ah-ah oh-oh You wonder why... we're angry When silence... turns to teeth You built comfort... out of women Then complained when... comfort changed ah-ah I am not... disposable Not a thrill... you leave behind Not a body... for your hunger Not a mirror... for your lies I was never yours... to use I was never yours... to buy h-ah mmm-mmm ah-ah oh-oh Don't call me girl... You won't... shrink me Don't call control... concern I am not... your little lesson I am not... yours to break mmm-mmm ah-ah oh-oh I was never yours to use mmm-mmm I was never yours to buy oh-oh I was never yours to use ah-ah I was never yours... don't. even. try. mmm-mmm ah-ha oh-oh