Library:Purim Cabaret 2005

Vashti's song - sung to I Will Survive
Ken Klein

Once, when I was seventeen,
I would have given all I had for just one day as queen
I would have gladly played the fool
And would have swallowed all my pride
But that was then
Now I'm no longer terrified

You know that I would rather quit
Than parade before your drunken friends and just submit
Cause now I know just who I am
And I no longer need a throne,
To hell with you,
I'm gonna make it on my own

Hey, hey! - I will survive!
So if it's adios to Shushan -- Hey, I'm still alive
I know there's more to being a woman
Than a high class concubine
I'm not afraid,
You know it's gonna turn out fine
Hey, hey! - I will survive!
I will survive!

So I'm erased from history's book
Someday perchance posterity will give a second look
And if I'm movin' from the palace to some rustic little shack
Well, I've got my dignity and you know I ain't lookin' back

Hey, hey! - I will survive!
So if it's adios to Shushan -- Hey, I'm still alive
I know there's more to being a woman
Than a high class concubine
I'm not afraid,
You know it's gonna turn out fine
Hey, hey! - I will survive!
I will survive!

Vashti's song Copyright © 2005 by Ken Klein

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