Stronger
words and music by Mary Karlzen

Here we go out by the river's edge
Here we go out where the road does bend
I think I hear the past howl again
Maybe we outgrew the love
It just don't seem to fit no more
Like that shirt you bought me
I never took to wore
Now I'm wondering just who you bought it for

And I always thought I would be
A stronger girl than the one that lives in me

Now it's me in my discontent
Waiting on the words you say
Always wanting evidence
Of any love that's tossed my way
I'm wondering what is this need
To be loved anyway

So what's a woman's worth now?
Is she measured by the face and hands?
Sizing up the body standards in the eyes of man
What gives you the right to think you can?

And I always thought I would be
A stronger girl than the one that lives in me

Let anybody hurt you now
You'll never be afraid to cry
The question still remaining is
Where does our strength lie
Under layers of this world
And wondering why

And I always thought I would be
In a different world than this one that I see
And I always thought I would be a stonger girl
Am I a stronger girl than the one that lives in me?