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useful and beautiful

by Certain Women

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I wanna be I wanna be you I wanna be Useful and beautiful I wanna be I wanna be wanted by you I wanna be Useful and beautiful I've got uses I've got bruises I've got needs And what I need what I need is to be Useful and beautiful A heart is a metronome A bloody, bloody metronome A small muscle keeping time You’ve got yours; I’ve got mine A heart is a metronome A bloody, bloody metronome My body is a mobile home My body’s just a mobile home Oh, let me be a crashing wave Oh, let me be a secret cave
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Time was out of joint Time is out of joint Did I disappoint you? No no no no no Please say no No no no no no I miss your tattoo The salt-sweat taste of you I can feel you here Breathing in my ear The roof of your mouth The mouth of desire The roof of our house The house was on fire I loved you And I still do Even from a distance Please keep your distance The roof of your mouth The mouth of desire The roof of our house The house was on fire I loved you And I still do Even from a distance Please keep your distance No no no no no no I'm telling you no Please hear me saying no
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All my sorrow Like a baby Like a baby bird Like a sparrow Let it, let it go Hold me Hold me like I'm not on fire More like a phoenix Can you feel it? There’s a power Hold me like I'm not on fire Hold me Hold me like I'm not on fire Oh my sorrow Like a baby Hold me like a baby Oh my, oh my We're gonna let it, let it go We're gonna let it drift and flow Oh my, oh my
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You are safe You are safe in my arms All this space All this space between us In the bed, in the bed This space between us We lost that frequency Can't find that frequency I miss your frequency Your frequency, your frequency You left these traces All these traces over me But I can't trace you I can't trace you any more I will leave a trace My trace, my trace I will leave my trace On you, on you today I’ll miss your frequency Your frequency, your frequency I miss your frequency Your frequency, your frequency

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released January 2, 2023

Gwen Haworth: vocals
Hazel Jane Plante: guitar, vocals on "Hold Me"
Jay Pottle: bass guitar
Carolynn Dimmer: drums

Produced by Gwen Haworth
Words and music by Hazel Jane Plante
The title for “Hold Me Like I’m Not on Fire” comes from an illustration by my talented writer/artist pal John Elizabeth Stintzi and is used with permission. (Thank you, JES! <3)
Cover design by Agatha K.

Recorded at the Blue Door Studio Musicians practice space, which is located on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and sə̓lílwətaʔɬ Nations.

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Certain Women Vancouver, British Columbia

Certain Women are a group of trans and non-binary musicians who are based on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and sə̓lílwətaʔɬ Nations.

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