"Girls Like Me" Official Music Video

Exclusive Premiere by The Girlfriend Letter 8.2.17

There’s something powerful about women who show up to life willing to put one foot in front of the other in pursuit of their dreams despite the voices in and outside of their heads telling them they are crazy, undeserving and that their dreams are absurd. To me, these women are “Girls Like Me.” Their lives may be messy; their dreams may be lofty; they may look ordinary from the outside, but their stories are extraordinary.  They are powerful, tender and have tales worth sharing.

Mark Addison and I wrote this song for these ladies. We invited our friends and fans to sing along and share the personal mantras that keep their dreams alive dreams, despite life’s curve balls.

"Girls Like Me" is a song with many stories. In this video, fans from around the world of all ages, races, shapes and sizes sing together, weaving a story of defying stereotypes, embracing the beauty and power of who they are.

Fans of both Lucinda Williams and Motown soul will find much to like in Colonna; the Louisiana-born troubadour brings a decidedly fresh spin on twangy Americana. “Girls Like Me” is an upbeat anthem written for the women who don’t quite fit the mold.  -The Boot

LYRICS:

I looked in the mirror; there was one grey hair I wondered who could have put it there Was it God, was it mom, was it dad was it me? Then I asked myself who I wanted to be

Mmmmmmm Mmmmm

Got in the car put the radio on Can’t get away from Celine Dion Songs about love that I’ll never play The light turned green, now I’m on my way

Mmmmmmm Mmmmmm

‘Cause girls like me, we don’t get enough We don’t get to see that side of love Girls like me we don’t fit in

‘Cause girls like me, we got original sin

I fell in love at a tender time She was seventeen; I could have made her mine Down the road, I fell in love again He was thirty-two; I was twenty-nine

Mmmmmmm Mmmmm

Girls like me, we don’t get enough We don’t get to see that side of love Girls like me we don’t fit in ‘Cause girls like me, we got original sin

Nobody told me how it should be I've never seen the other side of free Threw my coins in the wishing well You came along and broke the spell Broke the spell, Broke the Spell

I dream asleep now I dream awake I pray the lord my soul to take The stars at night shine down on me Remind me who I want to be

Mmmmmmm Mmmmm

A mother, a lover, a brother and a friend A sister with a heart that’s on the mend A slave to the magic a wish in the wind Around and around and around again

‘Cause girls like me, we don’t get enough We don’t get to see that side of love Girls like me we don’t fit in ‘Cause girls like me, we got original sin ‘Cause girls like me we don’t get enough We don’t get to see that side of love Girls like me we don’t fit in ‘Cause girls like me, we got original original original original original sin

"Girls Like Me" By Wendy Colonna & Mark Addison Copyright 2017

Produced by: Mark Addison at The Aerie Studio

Video Production: Ryan Doty

Released by: Pourquoi Pas/Tone Tree Music

Featuring: Melanie Artim ~ Jan Siedes ~ Lauren Kinzie ~ Tami Schaffer ~ Gloria Brooker ~ Cristin “Moxy” Castro ~ Michelle Ray ~ Kristen Miciotto ~ Natasha Harper-Madison ~ Bella Jane Bailey ~ Ruth Walenta ~ Suzanna Choffel ~ Noelle Hampton ~ Dori Colston ~ Morgan Karri Grant ~ Emmy Trader ~ Dannie Cowan ~ Lacy Quin ~ Bonny Holder ~ Elaine Bergman ~ Gena McKinley ~ Jeska Bailey ~ Mary Mae Forsyth ~ Vicki Cobb ~ Keli Dean ~ David Bukstein ~ Alicia Sommer ~ Suzanne Koga ~ Carmella Parker ~ Bonnie Whitmore ~ Brinda Dolph ~ Emily Shirley ~ Paulina Canedo Abdo ~ Claire Arnett-Johnson ~ Jennifer Moffatt ~ Akina Adderly ~ Saoirse Cowan ~ Liz Figley ~ Benita Graham ~ Melissa Johnson ~ Sariah McCracken ~ Cathy Redson