She Was

When she was home, she was a swan When she was out, she was a tiger And a tiger in the wild is not tied to anyone When she was lost, she was a toad The day I found her on the road I gave her water and a rose And as she stretched, the sun rose Go, go, go Go away, go away, go away Go, go, go Go away, go away When she was young, she was a cow And all day long she milked the stars She taught me "Women to survive Must be unfaithful to their child" Of all the wonders of the world She was a lady with a bird She must have had so many lives Was it the first? Was it the last? Go, go, go Go away, go away, go away Go, go, go Go away, go away When she was ill, she was a whale She was so patient, she would wait Until I sang her by the lane The sweetest tunes to ease her pain When she was old, she was an owl I saw her swaying in the sky And then she died inside my arms I realized she was a cat Go, go, go Go away, go away, go away Go, go, go Go away, go away Sometimes I wonder (go) If my child (go) will have her eyes (go) (Go away, go away) To see through me (go) when I die (go) And I am born again (go) (Go away, go away) What will I be? (Go) A stone? (Go), a cat? (Go) A tree? (Go away, go away) Go, go, go Go away, go away, go away Go, go, go Go away, go away, go away Go, go, go Go away, go away, go away Go, go, go Go away, go away, go away Go, go, go Go away, go away