She was dressed in a fit of illusion
Indigo sun skirt, jet-black hair
She was alive with the devil inside
Burning and bruised with a cataract stare
She was on about the time down in Mexico City
When the devil took her down to make her look pretty
He said, "I'll give you the world if you just give me your skin,
And I'll take you places that you've never been"
She said,
"I was born bound
Left to wander
I'm just tryna get free
You took my mother
You took my father
Oh, but you're not gonna take me!"
Bag packed tight, full of loose ends
She was sinkin' down, overflowing
Tuggin' and tearing just to keep it all in
But the seams come undone to the fate she was sewing
She said, "Get me a drink and make it a double,
Gonna need some miracle to knock out this trouble
You're not gonna win!" She screamed to the sky,
And said, "I'll keep on running till the day I die!"
She said,
"I was born bound
Left to wander
I'm just tryna get free
You took my mother
You took my father
Oh, but you're not gonna take me!"
No you're not! No you're not gonna take
No you're not! No you're not gonna take
I got hounds on my heels
Tryna' crawl into my flesh
And tryna' tell me how to feel
I got hounds on my heels
Sleepless hunters follow me like I'm their only meal
I've been primed for the kill
Boots on my wheels
Hounds on my heels...
Cop said he saved her and gave her a rose
But the devil hides thorns under flowery prose
He said, "there's nothing I can do to handcuff a demon,
But I'll lock you up if you keep on screaming!"
She said,
"I was born bound
Left to wander
I'm just tryna get free
You took my mother
You took my father
Oh, but you're not gonna take me!"
No you're not. No you're not gonna take
No you're not. No you're not gonna take
No you're not. No you're not gonna take
No you're not. No you're not gonna take