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I am a woman
Cut in two
By ambitious pride
Stuck in my ways
Between you and my other life
Now I have been around enough to know when love has ended
And I believe that you and I deserve to be extended
Why don't you try
To make me stay
When it's time to go
Why don't you try
To stand in my way
Because we both know
I can't stop myself
Our empty house
You occupy
When I'm far away
Heavier hearts won't justify why I'm gone today
Now I have hung a cloud above our house from always leaving
I figured you would at least make me give a better reason
Why don't you try
To make me stay
When it's time to go
Why don't you try
To stand in my way
Because we both know
I can't stop myself
In the early mornings when I'm up before dawn
Say "why don't you stay" but you keep sleeping on
Maybe you're just too used to me being gone
Cause if you know that I go when I go
Then why don't you try
To make me stay
When it's time to go
Why don't you try
To stand in my way
Because we both know
I can't stop myself
Cut in two
By ambitious pride
Stuck in my ways
Between you and my other life
And I believe that you and I deserve to be extended
To make me stay
When it's time to go
Why don't you try
To stand in my way
Because we both know
I can't stop myself
You occupy
When I'm far away
Heavier hearts won't justify why I'm gone today
I figured you would at least make me give a better reason
To make me stay
When it's time to go
Why don't you try
To stand in my way
Because we both know
I can't stop myself
Say "why don't you stay" but you keep sleeping on
Maybe you're just too used to me being gone
Cause if you know that I go when I go
To make me stay
When it's time to go
Why don't you try
To stand in my way
Because we both know
I can't stop myself
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Great song. Has an old feeling to it. One of the best of this album.
This is a bonus track from the iTunes Store edition of American singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson's fifth album, Stronger. Taking to her fans on Facebook , the singer revealed that the song was inspired by Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder.
The American Singer-Songwriter Eric Hutchinson penned the song and Clarkson first heard it when he was opening for her in Australia. She recalled to AOL Music: "I was in my dressing room and all of a sudden I heard this song. I was like, what is he singing! And I ran out of the dressing room — I looked like a hot mess! I was in the middle of getting my hair and make-up done. He had just surprised the audience with a new song. He came off the stage and I was like, you need to write me a song like that! And instead, he gave me that song so I could have it on my album. It's a very relatable song to me."
Clarkson previewed the song the song during Muhammad Ali's "Celebrity Fight Night" charity event in Phoenix, Arizona on March 19, 2011.