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"What Am I Gonna Do?" was written about relationship turmoil that was occurring simultaneously for multiple women I knew, including Jeannine. It's definitely the female perspective, encompassing feelings of both insecurity and hopeful empowerment when facing the unknown.
What Am I Gonna Do? By Linda Steber
When a lie won’t do
Another try seems too hard to get through
What am I gonna do?
Hit the damn dusty road
Seems that going alone bears a too-heavy load
And I forgot what I was trying for
Chorus
Love breaks the woman inside of me
Love takes what it can’t have for keeps
Has love made a nothing out of me
While it’s made a man of you?
What am I gonna do?
Can’t take something from me
Empty minus empty’s nothing you can see
I may be wrong but I’ll be free
Gonna cash in my time
And at last claim what was always mine
You ain’t worth two cents of my mind
Chorus
Love breaks the woman inside of me
Love takes what it can’t have for keeps
Has love made a nothing out of me
While it’s made a man of you?
What am I gonna do?
Bridge
There’s nothing left here to retrieve
But the chains your ego thought you had on me
May be alone but I’ll be free
Chorus
Love breaks the woman inside of me
Love takes what it can’t have for keeps
Has love made a nothing out of me
While it’s made a man of you?
What am I gonna do?