Wild Heart by Kristen Ford

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I wrote this song right after the Governor of TN put up a drag ban. It’s so frustrating to see a beautiful city like Nashville, with it’s music and it’s queer culture and artists and my friends who are theys and thems. To just keep getting beat down by a corrupt government and an oppressive culture of good ole boys. This song was started by me and Ani helped me to finish it, which was like, wow holy shit I’m working with my hero and this really means something, this song really punches back. I felt the power recording it, playing together, plus Matty added all this percussion which feels like the tribal, heartbeat we all dance to something wild and free and uncontrollable. The mix and sonic landscapes which Hop created really took things over the top, I felt like I was plunged into a live Radiohead show, I love having my chorus of Ani and Hop singing with me, the truth tellers. We are mighty when we come together.

Tracklist

1.	Wild Heart	4:18

Lyrics

I’ll be the hero
I’ll wear a cape
I got a bulletproof sports bra
I sprint across the Southern States

Give me a tampon
Make it a super plus
I got blood coming outta my eyes
no, I dont give a fuck

You can’t control me (you can’t control me)
my pride or my joy
I don’t owe you a damn thing (no you don’t know me)
if I’m a girl or a boy
I’m not waiting on you (not waiting on you)
No, I’m just getting started
way out here beyond you (out here beyond you)
I was born for this
I was born with a wild, wild heart
a wild, wild heart

I see you, mister (what do you see, what do you see, what do you see)
Rattlesnake license plate (what do you see, what do you see, what do you see)
Do you see Medusa?
Does she make you feel unsafe? (what do you see, what do you see, what do you see)

You can’t control me (you can’t control me)
Yeah that’s my pride, yeah that's my joy
I dont owe you a damn thing (no you don’t know me)
Like what we looking at a girl or a boy
No, I’m not waiting on you
I’m finishing what I started
Way out here beyond you
I was born for this. I was born with a wild, wild heart
I got a wild, wild heart

(La la la la la la la la la la)

light blue, light pink
white in the middle
that’s the color of everything
light blue, light pink
try and dim my light
but I shine like a prism
light blue, light pink
and white in the middle
That’s the color of everything
Light blue, light pink
try and dim my light, but I shine like a prism

You can’t control me (you can’t control me)
my pride or my joy
I don’t owe you a damn thing (no you don’t know me)
if I’m a girl or a boy
Fuck waitin’ on you (not waiting you)
Cause I’m finishing what I started
way out here, beyond you (out here beyond you)
I was born for this
I was born
with a wild, wild heart
a wild, wild heart
a wild wild
I got a wild wild wild
Wild wild i got a wild wild heart
Got a wild wild

I got something to say
I have something to say
I have something to
Huh? come on! Let’s go, let’s go!

Credits

released June 5, 2025
Written by Kristen Ford and Ani DiFranco

Produced by John Driskell Hopkins and Kristen Ford
Co-produced by Ani DiFranco
Recorded at The Cabin in Nashville, TN. Engineered by Matty Alger.
Additional recording at Righteous Babe Studios, New Orleans, LA, and Brighter Shade Studios, Atlanta, GA.
Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Edgewater NJ
Ani DiFranco: Vocals, Keys, Samples
Christine Moad: Bass
Ethan Ballinger: Electric Guitar, Vocals
John Driskell Hopkins: Vocals
Kristen Ford: Guitar, Vocals
Matty Alger: Percussion, Drums, Guitar

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