My True Name Lyrics - Singles - Carrie Newcomer

Let me call you darlin', maybe call you sweetheart 

Don't you hate it when they call you Louise 

But isn't it scary, when they want to call you Mary 

A whore, or a saint, or a tease. 

But you came here in summer, you'd been living in Manhattan 

You caught me wide eyed and half sane 

But you saw to my center past every imposter 

And you whispered My True Name 

I have been Betty, Eleanor and Rosie 

I've been the shamed Magdaline 

And if the truth be known I've attempted Saint Joan 

Donna, and Sarah, and Jane 

For we all have our heros and we all have tormentors 

and we'll play them again and again 

But you saw to my center, past every imposter 

And you whispered My True Name 

And if you see me standing on the banks of Lake Griffy 

Throwing white bits of paper to the wind 

I'm just throwing the shards, of all my calling cards 

And I'm speaking My True Name 

I'm just throwing the shards, of all my calling cards 

And I'm whispering My True Name