Millie left with her pride intact;
She wore her dignity like a bullet-proof vest,
Left her letter-jacket at the door,
Changed her name to Artemis and didn't come back.
Artemis didn't need a war cry.
Artemis had the buzz of the razor over her head for a snarl;
Artemis had chipped black nail polish for jagged claws;
Artemis had lipstick for war paint and silver piercings for armor;
Artemis grinned like baring fangs and her middle finger could almost have the magic of her namesake,
Could almost have turned a dog of a man into a deer for his fellow dogs to pull apart.
Artemis didn't need a war cry and she didn't need a banner,
For she rallied behind her own self and demanded no army.
Artemis didn't need a war cry, but when she wanted one she
She wore her dignity like a bullet-proof vest,
Left her letter-jacket at the door,
Changed her name to Artemis and didn't come back.
Artemis didn't need a war cry.
Artemis had the buzz of the razor over her head for a snarl;
Artemis had chipped black nail polish for jagged claws;
Artemis had lipstick for war paint and silver piercings for armor;
Artemis grinned like baring fangs and her middle finger could almost have the magic of her namesake,
Could almost have turned a dog of a man into a deer for his fellow dogs to pull apart.
Artemis didn't need a war cry and she didn't need a banner,
For she rallied behind her own self and demanded no army.
Artemis didn't need a war cry, but when she wanted one she