I've realised I never got around to posting this song here. I wrote it for a fabulous concert in Sheffield I was invited to sing at called "Folk the Patriarchy" — in honour of International Women's Day. It's a song about a special kind of freedom...

Very rough recording available on SoundCloud

Freedom!
©Vikki Appleton Fielden, March 2020

It’s been a long day; I’m finally home
I know just what I want when I walk through the door
It’s such a small thing but it does make me moan
Though it’s nothing to do with my fab pelvic floor
And truly a pleasure I crave and ado-ore, oh

Freedom! (Freedom!) Freedom! (Freedom!)
I took off my bra and I freed’em! (Freedom!)
Oh, the relief when there’s nowt underneath
There’s nothing compares when you’ve freed’em!

There’s a sad little secret most women don’t tell
But all the day long, we shift and we twitch
We try to ignore as our bosoms rebel
In the lacy containers that pinch and restrain us
Can’t wait to get home, so you’d best not detain us, oh

Chorus

I’ve been to the specialty stores now and then
Let M&S* measure my girth and my cup
Despite seeing “experts” again and again
Still somehow the numbers do not quite add up
So my “authorised” size is revised in each sho-op, oh

Chorus

I pray for the day when we’re finally free
And comfortable clothes are not viewed with disdain
When all of society simply agrees
To let suits and ties wane and let sisters regain
Their freedom from high heels and bras without sha-ame, oh

Freedom! (Freedom!) Freedom! (Freedom!)
I took off my bra and I freed’em! (Freedom!)
Oh, the relief when there’s nowt underneath
There’s nothing compares when you’ve…

Freedom! (Freedom!) Freedom! (Freedom!)
I took off my bra and I freed’em! (Freedom!)
Oh, the relief when there’s nowt underneath
There’s nothing compares when you’ve freed’em! (Freedom!)


*Non-Brits might not know that M&S = Marks & Spencer (also nicknamed Marks & Sparks) — a major department store which offers "fittings" for women.