Shush

Album: In Times Of Dragons (2026)
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  • Southern girls know what it means
    Southern girls know what it means
    Southern girls know what it means
    When the patriarchy menacingly says
    You shush yourself down now

    "You put a finger on those beautiful lips
    We both know what they're good for, don't we?
    You put a finger on those beautiful lips
    We both know what they're good for, don't we?"

    You shush yourself
    Shush yourself
    Shush yourself
    Shush yourself down now
    You shush yourself
    Shush yourself
    Shush yourself
    Shush yourself down now

    He says, "I no longer believe
    That freedom and democracy
    Are compatible
    Compatible
    That's clear to me"
    "There is hierarchy
    You should be pleased to serve
    In any capacity
    Capacity
    I'm not asking"
    You put a finger on those beautiful lips
    We both know what they're good for, don't we?

    You shush yourself
    Shush yourself
    Shush yourself
    Shush yourself down now

    Am I just a resentful observer?
    Slinking from one penthouse to another
    In this urban Serengeti
    Am I just meat?
    Can I live through this?
    Can I live through this?
    Courtney, thank you
    He calls me Cassandra
    He calls me Cassandra, and says
    "'Cause no one will believe
    Your prophecies"
    He calls me his Cassandra
    As he puffs
    His Cohiba Behike

    Just put a finger on those beautiful lips
    We both know what they're good for, don't we
    You shush yourself
    Shush yourself
    Shush yourself
    Shush yourself down now

    I knew a girl who wrote
    Silent all these years
    Where is she?
    Ooh, where is she?
    Where is she?
    Where is she? Writer/s: Tori Ellen Amos
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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