I've Seen So Much. And I've Heard

I'm Not Alone, I'm Free. I No Longer Have To Be A Credit, I Don't Have To Be A Symbol To Anybody; I Don't Have To Be A First To Anybody.

I've Seen So Much. And I've Heard So Many Great Performers. There Are Performers Now That Couldn't Work Back In The Days When I Came Along.

Music Became My Refuge And Then My Salvation.

It's Ill-becoming For An Old Broad To Sing About How Bad She Wants It. But Occasionally We Do.

It's Not The Load That Breaks You Down, It's The Way You Carry It. Carry It By The Comfortable Handles Of Gratitude For What's Positive And That It Is Not Worse, Rather Than The Uncomfortable Edges Of Bitterness For The Negatives And That It Is Not Better.