I Had To Leave The House Of Fashion
And Go Forth Naked From Its Doors
'cause Women Should Be Allies
And Not Competitors
I Had To Leave The House Of God
Because The Cross Replaced The Wheel
And The Goddesses Were All Out In The Garden
With The Plants That Nurture And Heal

I Had To Leave The House Of Privilege
Spend Christmas Homeless And Feeling Bad
To Learn Privilege Is A Headache
That You Don't Know That You Don't Have
I Had To Leave The House Of Television
To Start Noticing The Clouds
It's Amazing The Stuff You See When
You Finally Shed That Shroud

I Had Leave The House Of Conformity
In Order To Make Art
I Had To Be More And Less True
To Learn To Tell The Two Apart
I Had To Leave The House Of Fear
Just About As Soon As I Could Crawl
Ignore My Face On A Wanted Poster
Stuck To The Post Office Wall

I Had Leave The House Of Self-importance
To Doodle My First Tattoo
To Realize A Tattoo Is No More Permanent
Than I Am, And Who
Ever Said That Life Is Suffering
I Think They Had Their Finger On The Pulse Of Joy
And The Power Of Transcendence
Made Its Grace A Practice We Can Employ