Turning Dragon from Transformations by Jane Garthson with Phil Mills

Turning Dragon ... That's Not Normal
FAWM 2025, Lyrics Jane Garthson, Music Berni Armstrong

Capo 7
Intro: Em (x4)

Em
In April of Nineteen Fifty-Five
A hundred thousand women dragoned
D

Flew away so they could thrive
F C D

I think maybe that's...not normal

Em

When women dragon, they need to eat 

Gain strength to depart their homes
D

Abusive husbands their favourite treat
F C D

I wonder why that's...not normal

C G

Hundreds of thousands of women
D G

Some girls and very few men
C G

Dragons where there had been none
F C D

Staying human? Less and less normal
Em

The American government denied the fact 

Wouldn't let scientists research
D

Teach a dragon? You'll get sacked
F C D

I'm sure that shouldn't be normal

Em

Sexist bosses with groping hands
Became dragon dinners
D

Many women could understand
F C D

Striking back had not...been normal 



C G

Hundreds of thousands of women
D G

Some girls and very few men
C G

Dragons where there had been none
F C D

Staying human? Less and less normal

Bm D

The fifties were never the good old days
G D

If you wanted to be more than a wife
Bm D

Just please your husband and find ways
F C D

To hide - the bruises and not have a life

Em

So it made sense for women and girls
To keep turning into dragons
D

Fly into space, forsake the pearls
F C D

Dragoning had become... normal

C G

Hundreds of thousands of women
D G

Some girls and very few men
C G

Dragons where there had been none
F C D

Staying human? Less and less normal
F C NC G

Staying human? Why... that's not normal

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