Name: 16. So Much to Give 1978
Duration: 4 min 54 s
Channel: Heidi G. Wolfson
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16. So Much to Give 1978

Heidi Wolfson

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Heidi Wolfson

3 CDs available: The Best of Heidi and the Wolf: Heidi's band in the 1980's/ raw energy, some rare live cuts. Mating Calls: (1996) Spoken work/hardrock fusion

Heidi Wolfson is a Philadelphia singer-songwriter. In her fourth decade of making music, Heidi is taking a slightly softer approach... but her music remains vocally interesting and the lyrics are definitely worth checking out. If you like Patti Smith, you will probably like Heidi. Have fun and thanks for listening.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Rock

Charts

Peak #80

Peak in subgenre #17

Author

Heidi G. Wolfson

Rights

1978

Uploaded

March 25, 2012

Track Files

MP3

MP3 5.6 MB • 160 kbps • 4:54

Story behind the song

This is the first of a song pair, meant to examine gender roles. Although the sentiments of both songs are somewhat obvious today, in the literature, media and law of the 1970's, gender roles and inequities were quite the focus. It was a conversation we were all trying to have in round about ways. This song focuses on the female perspective. On a more personal note, I was not quite twenty years old, and perhaps, not ready for the committed relationship I was in.

Lyrics

SO MUCH TO GIVE
 (1978)

G      Am      C     D

The woman has so much to give
Where does it go?
It only grows
She has so much she could burst
And it only gets worse

She's pregnant with beauty
Waiting to be born
The more she releases it
The more she is torn
There is so much 
That you could feel
You feel it so cheaply
It's a steal

But all you have to do 
is stand there and smile
And push her away 
every once in a while
She'll keep on coming to you
She'll keep on coming to you
She'll keep on coming to you
And there is so little
That you must do

You know you need a woman's touch
to make you come alive
A touch that is so long and soft
You'll call it when you die
There is so much 
that you should do
To draw her closer to you 

But all you have to do 
is stand there and smile
And push her away 
every once in a while
She'll keep on coming to you
She'll keep on coming to you
She'll keep on coming to you
And there is so little
That you must do

It's not that she's crazy
It's not that she's meek
It's not that she needs you
It's not that she's weak
She doesn't need the touch
because it's concrete
She doesn't need the touch 
To make her complete
She won't let the touch
Put her at your feet
So you can't walk away
And watch her retreat
She touches because
It's the natural thing to do
You can't save it with preservatives
or can it like food
There's so much left
That she can give to you

But all you have to do 
is stand there and smile
And push her away 
every once in a while
She'll keep on coming to you
She'll keep on coming to you
She'll keep on coming to you
And there is so little
That you must do

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Abrasive Flowers

Apr 17, 2012

One of my favorites as well. Not only a great lyric but an unforgettable melody. Great song.