Cover art for Four Women by Xiu Xiu

Four Women

Xiu Xiu
Track 7 on Nina 
Dec. 3, 20131 viewer

Four Women Lyrics

My skin is black
My arms are long
My hair is woolly
My back is strong
Strong enough to take the pain
Inflicted again and again
What do they call me?
My name is Aunt Sarah
My name is [butchered at birth?]

My skin is yellow
My hair is long
Between two worlds
I do belong
But my father was a suicide case
He chased my mom with a hammer around the house
And what do they call me?
My name is Saffronia
My name is Sack of Caca

My skin is tan
My hair is fine
My hips invite you
My mouth like wine
Whose little girl am I?
Anyone who has money to buy
What do they call me?
My name is Sweet Thing
My name is Unsweetened Teenager
My skin is brown
My manner is tough
I'll kill the first fu-fu-fu-fu-fu-fu I see!
My life has been stupid
I'm awfully bitter these days
Because my parents were just what you said they were
What do they call me?

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Credits
Recorded At
The Bunker Studio, Brooklyn
Release Date
December 3, 2013
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