[Verse 1]
             
I was reading 

              
Slim Aarons an

            
d I got to thi

           
nking that I t

hought
             
Maybe I'd get 

              
less stressed 

            
if I was teste

       
d less like
              
All of these d


ebutantes
             
Smiling for mi

            
les in pink dr

              
esses and high

              
 heels on whit

  
e yachts
             
But I'm not, b

     
aby, I'm not
             
No, I'm not, t

    
hat I'm not

[Chorus]
             
I've been tear

              
ing around in 

           
my fucking nig

htgown
          
24/7 Sylvia Pl

ath
             
Writing in blo

          
od on the wall

s
              
'Cause the ink

            
 in my pen don

              
't work in my 


notepad
             
Don't ask if I

              
'm happy, you 


know that I'm 

not
            
But at best I 

              
can say I'm no

  
t sad
             
'Cause hope is

             
 a dangerous t

             
hing for a wom

         
an like me to 

have
             
Hope is a dang

            
erous thing fo

              
r a woman like

  
 me to have

[Verse 2]
      
I had fifteen-

year dances
            
Church basemen

              
t romances, ye

   
ah I've got
             
Spilling my gu

            
ts with the Bo

wery Bums
             
Is the only lo

             
ve I've ever k


nown
             
Except for the

              
 stage, which 

            
I also call ho

         
me, when I'm n

ot
             
Servin' up God

            
 in a burnt co

              
ffee pot for t

         
he triad
             
Hello, it's th

              
e most famous 

            
woman you know

        
 on the iPad
             
Calling from b

              
eyond the grav

            
e, I just wann

       
a say "Hi, Dad

"

[Chorus]
             
I've been tear

              
ing around in 

           
my fucking nig

htgown
            
Like a goddamn

    
 near sociopat

h
             
Writing in blo

          
od on the wall

s
              
'Cause the ink

            
 in my pen don

              
't work in my 


notepad
             
Don't ask if I

              
'm happy, you 


know that I'm 

not
            
But at best I 

              
can say I'm no

  
t sad
             
'Cause hope is

             
 a dangerous t

             
hing for a wom

         
an like me to 

have
             
Hope is a dang

            
erous thing fo

              
r a woman like

  
 me to have

[Bridge]
             
There's a new 

              
revolution, a 

            
loud evolution

       
 that I saw
             
Born of confus

            
ion and quiet 

             
collusion of w

              
hich mostly I'

   
ve known
             
A modern day w

            
oman with a we

              
ak constitutio

          
n, 'cause I've

 got
             
Monsters still

            
 under my bed 

              
that I could n

     
ever fight off
             
A gatekeeper c

            
arelessly drop

              
ping the keys 

      
on my nights o

ff

[Chorus]
             
I've been tear

              
ing around in 

           
my fucking nig

htgown
          
24/7 Sylvia Pl

ath
             
Writing in blo

          
od on the wall

s
              
'Cause the ink

            
 in my pen don

              
't work in my 


notepad
             
Don't ask if I

              
'm happy, you 


know that I'm 

not
            
But at best I 

              
can say I'm no

  
t sad
             
'Cause hope is

             
 a dangerous t

             
hing for a wom

         
an like me to 

have
             
Hope is a dang

            
erous thing fo

              
r a woman like

  
 me to have

[Outro]
             
Hope is a dang

             
erous thing fo

              
r a woman like

 
 me to have
    
But I have it
        
Yeah, I have i

t
        
Yeah, I have i

t
  
I have