Please check out my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Steph_Marie_Music 🫶🫶🫶 [Intro] [Short, 4 bars, slide guitar and acoustic] [Verse 1] [Female Vocal, low and gritty, acoustic guitar and dobro] She wakes up before the sunrise Already running through the list Coffee on, the kids are moving One more morning she can't miss But sometimes when the house gets quiet And nobody needs a thing She sits alone with all that strength And wonders who's looking after her [Pre-Chorus] [Female Vocal, building, drums enter] 'Cause being strong doesn't mean You never get tired too And carrying everybody Doesn't mean nobody should carry you [Chorus] [Female Vocal, Close Harmony, big and soulful, full band] The woman who does everything Still needs somebody sometimes Not because she can't handle it Not because she can't survive She's strong enough to carry the world But she deserves to put it down The woman who does everything Still deserves to feel cared for now [Verse 2] [Female Vocal, smoky, restrained, slide guitar fills] She doesn't need somebody to save her She's been saving herself for years She doesn't need somebody to tell her She's stronger than her fears Someone who'll say, "You don't have to Be the strong one tonight" And let her breathe inside their arms Until everything feels right [Pre-Chorus] [Female Vocal, Harmony] Sometimes the strongest woman Just needs someone to catch her, that's all [Chorus] [Female Vocal, Close Harmony, big and soulful, full band] The woman who does everything Still needs somebody sometimes Not because she can't handle it Not because she can't survive She's strong enough to carry the world But she deserves to put it down The woman who does everything Still deserves to feel cared for now [Bridge] [Half-time, Female Vocal, raw, stripped back, one guitar] I don't need you to rescue me I learned a long time ago How to stand when the ground gives way How to keep moving when the night runs cold I just need somebody who remembers That I have a heart beneath it all And sometimes I want somebody to say "Baby, I've got this" [Soft Female Harmony] (You can let go now) [Final Chorus] [Full band, Female Vocal, Layered Harmonies, powerful, gospel feel] The woman who does everything Still needs somebody sometimes Not because she can't handle it But because she deserves a softer life She's strong enough to carry the world But she shouldn't have to carry it alone The woman who does everything Still deserves to feel cared for [Final Refrain] [Female Vocal, tender, slow, acoustic guitar] I can carry the world But I don't have to I can be strong And still be loved I can handle everything And still deserve someone To do something for me [Outro] [Soft Female Vocal, solo acoustic, fading] Not because I can't handle it Because I deserve to feel cared for too [Final guitar pick] [End]
