Cut my hair
So you’d look past me
When you passed me
On the way

Cut my hair
So when you asked me
I could smile and say
“I’ve been ok”

Cut my hair
So I’d remember
What it felt like to be
Seventeen

Cut my hair
So when I woke up
When I woke up
I’d be clean

And maybe one day
I’ll be brave
But for now
I will be only what I am
And maybe one day I’ll be sane
But for now I will be only what I can
Cut my hair so I’d be pretty
Cause I was angry at you
Cut my hair because I’ll never be
Pretty in the way
You want me to

And maybe one day
I’ll be brave
But for now
I will be only what I am
And maybe one day I’ll be sane
But for now I will be only what I can
Be