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The Girl Next Door

from Honey and Zest by Eileen Torrez

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Empowering, upbeat track about the need for women to speak up for themselves and show the world everything they have to offer. "The Girl Next Door" is just one of the inspiring tracks from Eileen Torrez's debut album, Honey and Zest.

lyrics

Getting through the day conveniently
But legacy has subtly locked you in a tower
Cause it's the same old game
Where anytime you speak your mind
You're pushed aside -
You don't have the power

Do we have to choose
Between the validation we deserve
And the passion in our words?
Yeah, what do we lose
To settle for the easy role?
Still we know we're not being heard... said

Heyeyey I wanna be seen
As more than just a beauty queen and
Heyeyey I wanna be more
Than the girl next door

Reading magazines
Would make you think that
Pageantry will always mean more than your opinions
In our society
We seem to have divided femininity from
Our independence

The status quo
Will never overturn
Until we learn to demonstrate what we believe in
It's time we show the nation
That our self-determination
Is the only way to win, said

Heyeyey I wanna be seen
As more than just a beauty queen
Heyeyey I wanna be more
Than the girl next door

Stand up ladies and speak your truth
The world's got something to learn from you

No one’s gonna do it unless we do
Let’s give 'em all a little more attitude, and say

Heyeyey I wanna be seen
As more than just a beauty queen
Heyeyey I wanna be more
Than the girl next door
(x2)

Stand up ladies and speak your truth
The world's got something to learn from you
No one’s gonna do it unless we do
The world's got something to learn from you

credits

from Honey and Zest, released August 30, 2016
Vocals: Eileen Torrez
Guitar: Eileen Torrez
Drums: Kyle Crane
Electric Bass: Eli Torrez
Lead Guitar: Chris Hosken
Keys and Organ: Elliott Peltzman

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Eileen Torrez San Francisco, California

Eileen Torrez is a singer-songwriter based in Oakland performing a powerful & unexpected blend of folk-pop & neo-soul. Her music builds on themes of resilience, community, anti-capitalism and women's empowerment. She writes sharp, engaging lyrics and delivers them with sweetness & style - often twisting melodies and fusing genres into entrancing combinations that leave listeners on repeat. ... more

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