Karaoké hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but I have it Lana Del Rey

I was readin' Slim Aarons and I got to thinkin' that I thought

Maybe I'd get less stressed if I was tested less like all of these debutantes

Smilin' for miles in pink dresses and high heels on white yachts

But I'm not

Baby I'm not

No I'm not

That I'm not

I've been tearin' around in my fuckin' nightgown

Twenty-four seven, Sylvia Plath

Writin' in blood on my walls 'cos the ink in my pen don't work in my notepad

Don't ask if I'm happy

You know that I'm not but at best I can say I'm not sad

'Cos hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have

Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have

I had fifteen-year dances

Church basement romances

Yeah I've cried

Spillin' my guts with the Bowery Bums is the only love I've ever known

Except for the stage which I also call home when I'm not

Servin' up God in a burnt coffee pot for the triad

Hello

It's the most famous woman you know on the iPad

Callin' from beyond the grave

I just wanna say

Hi dad

I've been tearin' up town in my fuckin' white gown like a goddamn near sociopath

Shakin' my ass is the only thing that's got this black narcissist off my back

She couldn't care less and I never cared more so there's no more to say about that

Except hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have

Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman with my past

There's a new revolution

A loud evolution that I saw

Born of confusion and quiet collusion of which mostly I've known

A modern day woman with a weak constitution 'cos I've got

Monsters still under my bed that I could never fight off

A gatekeeper carelessly droppin' the keys on my nights off

I've been tearin' around in my fuckin' nightgown

Twenty-four seven, Sylvia Plath

Writin' in blood on your walls 'cos the ink in my pen don't look good in my pad

They write that I'm happy

They know that I'm not but at best you can see

I'm not sad

But hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have

Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have

Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have

But I have it

Yeah I have it

Yeah I have it

I have