Joy Williams has several solo albums and was also part of the Grammy winning duo The Civil Wars. Her music acknowledges the tension between brilliance and tragedy in this life.
Undersong: To be free from the prescribed gender-specific roles of stereotypes.
What a Good Woman Does
by Joy Williams
Lyrics:
I can’t carry the weight of this war
I can’t do it anymore
Everyone’s wounded, nobody’s won
Hear me
I haven’t lost my voice without you near me
I can tell the truth about you leaving
But that’s not what a good woman does
Don’t feel sorry for yourself
You’ve got everything you want
Everyone’s watching you pick up and run
To hear me
I haven’t lost my voice without you near me
I can tell the truth about you leaving
But that’s not what a good woman does
Ooh, a good woman does
That’s not what a good woman
Ooh, that’s not what a good woman does
Can’t carry the weight of this war
I won’t do it anymore
Hear me
I haven’t lost my voice without you near me
I can tell the truth about you leaving
But that’s not what a good woman does
Ooh, a good woman does
That’s not what a good woman
Ooh, that’s not what a good woman does