Staying Power

I don't have a face that makes your grandma want to smile

I don't have the milk that makes me want to have a child

I don't have the disposition for drinks with the girls

I don't sing for straight men, 'cause they just ruin the world

Wanna be good daughter, but I push my mom away

Wanna be good patient, but my doctor makes me pay

Wanna save the baby, but I threw away the bath

My body's weak, my mind is bleak, there's one thing that I have

Staying power

I've got the power

The world, come hurt me, I don't mind

That's 'cause I've got

Staying power

Minute or hour

I'll wait you out, I've got all night

All night

I've got all night

I age like wine

The opportunity is mine

Don't want to be a victim, but I want your sympathy

Don't want to be religious, but life brought me to my knees

I've got so much to say to you that I want you to know

But I don't want to scare you off, I don't want you to go

I tried to make myself attractive in the ways I could

I tried to turn a failing body into something good

If the world could love me, it could take away the hurt

But love, it doesn't penetrate the only thing that works is

Staying power

I've got the power

The world, come hurt me, I don't mind

That's cause I've got

Staying power

Minute or hour

I'll wait you out, I've got all night

All night

I've got all night

I age like wine

The opportunity is mine

Staying power

I've got the power

The world, come hurt me, I don't mind

That's cause I've got

Staying power

Minute or hour

I'll wait you out, I've got all night

All—

Staying power

I've got the power

The world, come hurt me, I don't mind

That's cause I've got

Staying power

Minute or hour

I'll wait you out, I've got all night

All night

I've got all night

I age like wine

The opportunity is mine

The opportunity is mine

The opportunity is mine