MELISSA ETHERIDGE - Burning Woman (Live From Topeka Correctional Facility) | Official Music Video

When Melissa Etheridge came home to Leavenworth, Kansas to perform at Topeka Women’s Correctional Facility, she arrived with healing intentions - gifting the residents with a full-production concert. She also took the time to connect with and learn the stories of some of the residents, which inspired her to write the uplifting new song, “Burning Woman.” The creative journey has been filmed for an accompanying Paramount+ documentary “I’m Not Broken”, as well as a live album of the same title, featuring the performance’s full 12 tracks and preludes.

“These days, I think about the power of rehabilitation. Many people in prison have experienced trauma in their youth and are living with that. Music can make a difference with rehabilitation. It has the power to help people work through their feelings.” -Melissa Etheridge

The album’s emotional centerpiece is the debut of “A Burning Woman,” a song inspired by her correspondence with the residents. It’s a stirring pop rock song with a fist-pumping chorus and goose bump-inducing breakdown where Etheridge and the residents engage in call and response refrains, including the chant “I’m not broken.” “I wanted to write them a hopeful song. I know I can’t save anyone—I couldn’t save my son—but I can hold a light to these people and say you matter,” she says.

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“Burning Woman” Lyrics:

I took the pain
Turned it into rage
I could never kill the truth
Pumpin' in my veins
I could never find
A way out of my mind
I've had a whole lot of time, thought about it every day
I might have fucked things up, but I could break the chain
Of everyone who hurt me, and every time I hurt myself
And don’t wanna hurt no more
I'm not gonna hurt no more

Cause I'm a burning woman
I'm a burning woman
I'm not broken
I'm not broken
I'm a burning woman
I'm a burning woman
And I am worth it
Oh, baby, I'm worth it

Oh, there's nothing to fix
I ain't got nothing to cure
I might not know much
But I know for sure
Hurt people, hurt people
And I don't wanna hurt no more

Cause I'm a burning woman
I'm a burning woman
And I'm not broken
I'm not broken
I'm a burning woman
I'm a burning woman
And I am worth it
Oh, baby, I'm worth it

(Ah, this is where you come in. You gotta help me now, alright? Alright? Alright. It goes like this, you just repeat after me, okay?)
I'm a burning woman (I'm a burning woman)
I'm a burning woman (I'm a burning woman)
I'm not broken (I'm not broken)
I'm not broken (I'm not broken)
I'm a burning woman (I'm a burning woman)
I'm a burning woman (I'm a burning woman)
I am worth it (I am worth it)
I am worth it (I am worth it)
I might’ve fucked things up (I might’ve fucked things up)
I might’ve fucked things up (I might’ve fucked things up)
I might’ve fucked things up (I might’ve fucked things up)
But I can break the chain (But I can break the chain)
I'm a burning woman
I'm a burning woman
I'm not broken
I'm not broken
I'm a burning woman
I'm a burning woman
And I'm worth it
I am worth it