I dont like skirts
I'mAfraidOfAmericans
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They say, "Oh, poor girl, you're so beautiful you know
It's a shame that you cover up your beauty so."
I just smile and graciously respond reassuringly,
"This beauty that I have is just one simple part of me.
This body that I have, no stranger has the right to see.
These long clothes, this shawl I wear, ensure my modesty.
Love is more essential than fashion, wouldn't you agree?"
This scarf
This mark of dignity,
Is an act of faith, a symbol,
For all the world to see.
A simple cloth, to protect My dignity.
So lift the veil from your heart to see the heart of purity.
They tell me, "Girl, don't you know this is the West and you are free?
You don't need to be oppressed, ashamed of your femininity."
I just shake my head and speak assuredly,
"See the bill-boards and the magazines that line the check-out isles,
with their phony painted faces and their air-brushed smiles?
Well their sheer clothes and low cut gowns they are really not for me.
You call it freedom, I call it conformity."
My scarf,
A mark of,
Is an act of faith, a symbol,
For all the world to see.
A simple cloth, to protect my dignity.
So lift the veil from your heart to see the heart of purity.
Lift the veil from your heart and seek the heart of purity.
It's a shame that you cover up your beauty so."
I just smile and graciously respond reassuringly,
"This beauty that I have is just one simple part of me.
This body that I have, no stranger has the right to see.
These long clothes, this shawl I wear, ensure my modesty.
Love is more essential than fashion, wouldn't you agree?"
This scarf
This mark of dignity,
Is an act of faith, a symbol,
For all the world to see.
A simple cloth, to protect My dignity.
So lift the veil from your heart to see the heart of purity.
They tell me, "Girl, don't you know this is the West and you are free?
You don't need to be oppressed, ashamed of your femininity."
I just shake my head and speak assuredly,
"See the bill-boards and the magazines that line the check-out isles,
with their phony painted faces and their air-brushed smiles?
Well their sheer clothes and low cut gowns they are really not for me.
You call it freedom, I call it conformity."
My scarf,
A mark of,
Is an act of faith, a symbol,
For all the world to see.
A simple cloth, to protect my dignity.
So lift the veil from your heart to see the heart of purity.
Lift the veil from your heart and seek the heart of purity.
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-Michael McClure
He who forgets will be destined to remember.