I'm Still Standing

I'm Still Standing - Janis Ian

See these lines on my face

They're a map of where I've been

And the deeper they are traced

The deeper life has settled in

How do we survive living out our lives

And I would not trade a line

Make it smooth and fine

Or pretend that time stands still

I want to rest my soul

Here where it can grow without fear

Another line another year

I'm still standing here

See these marks on my skin

They're the lyric of my life

Every story I begin

Just means another end's in sight

Only lovers understand skin just covers who I am

And I would not trade a line

Make it smooth and fine

Or pretend that time stands still

I want to rest my soul

Here where it can grow without fear

Another line another year

I'm still standing here

See these bruises

See these scars

Hieroglyphs that tell the tale

You can read them in the dark

Through your fingertips like Braille

And I would not trade a line

Make it smooth and fine

Or pretend that time stands still

I plan to rest my soul

Here where it can grow without fear

Another line another year

I'm still standing here

I'm still standing here

I'm still standing here