I AM WOMAN!

[Finder]

I love this song, how about you?

I Am Woman

-Artist: Helen Reddy from "Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits": EMI ST 11467
-peak Billboard position # 1 for 1 week in 1972
-Words and Music by Helen Reddy and Ray Burton

I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an' pretend
'cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor
No one's ever gonna keep me down again

CHORUS
Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman

You can bend but never break me
'cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
'cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul

CHORUS

I am woman watch me grow
See me standing toe to toe
As I spread my lovin' arms across the land
But I'm still an embryo
With a long long way to go
Until I make my brother understand

Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to I can face anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
Oh, I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong

FADE
I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong
I am woman

[MuseRider]

1. When that song came out

I was in crisis. I was in college, my boyfriend of 4 years called me on the phone and told me that he was getting married the next day, I had no clue. Then that song. I can't help but love it. It practically saved my life and it did teach me how to grow beyond anything I had ever dreamed. I mean, if others thought this way so much so that there was a popular song then I had been right all along, I was worth more than just someones wife or girlfriend. Yes, I do love it.

[Eloriel]

2. My personal anthem is

"I Will Survive," which came out during the time I was going thru a divorce. I was alone (well, felt alone), with a 4 year old child, and felt both betrayed and very, very frightened. It helped me bunches. Too, I seem to be the only living person who actually likes disco music, and I loved that about it as well.

[Finder]

3. Me too

I think I sang that song in every karaoke venue within 100 miles.lol

[MuseRider]

4. Remember the song

Red Rubber Ball? For some reason the radio stations were playing that a lot then but it was an oldie even then I think. That one gave me a lot of courage as well.

Red Rubber Ball
( The Cyrkle )

I should have known you'd bid me farewell
There's a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very well
Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea
If I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

You never cared for secrets I'd confide
For you I'm just an ornament, somethin' for your pride
Always runnin', never carin', that's the life you live
Stolen minutes of your time were all you had to give

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

The story's in the past with nothin' to recall
I've got my life to live and I don't need you at all
The roller coaster ride we took is nearly at an end
I bought my ticket with my tears, that's all I'm gonna spend

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

Oh, oh, oh
I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

As a musician I can say that music is VERY important to all of us for so many reasons, here in this thread are but a few.