KAREN
Words & Music by Judith Owen

Karen wants to scream
Karen wants to shout
Karen wants you all
To know what she’s about

Karen’s very white
Karen’s always right
Karen likes to fight
With every cop who asks her
Why she’s not driving on the right

Karen is yearning for the days
When she was just 16
Cheerleading squad
Since then she just feels robbed of simply everything

She never planned to be
This age and so angry
They flipped the hormone switch, Karen
And you don’t see there’s something so wrong

Karen’s on the brink
Sobbing in the sink
She just broke a nail
And now she’s railing at the world

She’s screaming in her car
Screaming at the man
Crying in the can
Every unhinged moment drains her
Why does no one understand that

Karen is yearning for the days
When she could always get her (own) way
Little mood swings, she could run rings
Around you, that’s what she’ll say

Did anyone tell you no – Karen
Or was it a family show – Karen
You’ve been this way so long Karen
You don’t know right from wrong

Karen’s on the edge
She didn’t take her meds
She stands by everything she said
She won’t back down or play along

Karen’s on attack
Especially if you’re black
She says we’re full of crap
For telling her there’s something wrong