Strong beautiful woman

Oh so don ' t let the world get you down

Look within yourself and remember who you are

Ten years old in braids and skirts

I ' m flying down the hill

Down the street to Grandma ' s house

I step inside her world

First she ' d hold me feed me scold me

Patiently she ' d heed my moaning

Then she ' d sit me down and tell me this

You ' ll be a strong beautiful woman

And I won ' t let the world let you down

Look within yourself and remember who carried you forth

You ' ll be a strong beautiful woman

And I won ' t let the world let you down

Look within yourself and remember who you are

Twenty-six and leading the band

The troubadour traveling show

Working in a world of men

Broken-hearted and alone

I lift my head up just long enough to cease self-pitying and doubt

I feel her spirit with me now

You are a strong beautiful woman

So don ' t let the world let you down

Look within yourself and remember who carried you forth

You are a strong beautiful woman

So don ' t let the world let you down

Look within yourself and remember

Who you are

Decades come and decades go the thirties forties on it goes

Seems I ' m always holding on to this

You are a strong beautiful woman

So don ' t let the world let you down

Look within yourself and remember who carried you forth

You are a strong beautiful woman

So don ' t let the world let you down

Look within yourself and remember who you are