I was warned as a child of thirteen   Not to act too strong   Try to look like you belong but don't push girl   Save your time and trouble   Don't misbehave      I was raised in a "No, you don't" world   Overrun with rules   Memorize your lines and move as directed   That's an age old story   Everybody knows that's a worn out song      But you and I are changing that tune   We're learning new rhythms from the woman   I said the woman in the moon   Little sister, little brother   Keep on pushin'   Don't believe a word about things you heard about   Askin' too much too soon   'Cause they can hold back the tide   But they can never hold the woman in the moon      I believe there's a best of both worlds   Mixing old and new   Recognizing change is seldom expected   As I long suspected   They believe that strange was a word for wrong   But not in my song      'Cause you, you and I are changing that tune   We're learning new rhythms from that woman   In the moon   Now little sister, and little brother   Keep on pushin'   Don't believe a word about things you heard about   Askin' too much too soon   'Cause they can hold back the tide   But they can never hold the woman    I said the woman in the moon.