A Reminder

you can take the wild out of the woman,
but then, what have you got?
circumsized naturalization,
socialized domesticity,
dinner every night just right,
clockwork rhythms to count on
at the appropriate scheduled time,
dependable reactions to
every slice of life.

there when she's supposed to be,
nothing strays from conformity,
need never fear the independent mind,
depency well-defined,
and what are you afraid of
if you just let her be?

lay back and enjoy
the wild side of life
while you let her
roam free?
 
and it hurts you so to think she might go,
but what have you got if what you've got
has to be kept under lock and key?
if she's gonna stay, she's gonna stay,
and if she's gonna stray, she's gonna stray.
it was her wildness that attracted you
in the first place.

and who are you to dare try to
pen her in?  change her name?
she's gotta be free to stay
peacefully.
she's just gotta be free to
breathe.

the mystery is no grand thing,
it's the simple truth of
the nature of her being.
and if you don't want to lose her,
just let the wild be.

how do you bottle a hurricane, and
how do you tell a bird how to sing?
how do you tell the blue bonnets when to bloom,
and the moon when and how to rise again?

how do you tell a flame how to sway,
and tell a baby not to grin?
you simply forget the futile attempt,
and let the wild woman in.

and it hurts you so to think she'd go,
but what have you got if what you've got
has to be kept under lock and key?
if you don't wanna lose her,
just let the wild in the woman be.

no locks, no rope, no wire, no fencin'-
sit back and welcome her when she roams in,
love her for who and what she's always been,
and just let that incredible wild woman
keep on livin' and lovin' in her own way.