Ani Di Franco

Last post of the night.... promise!

Not A Pretty Girl

i am not a pretty girl that is not what i do

i ain't no damsel in distress and i don't need to be rescued

so put me down punk wouldn't you prefer a maiden fair

isn't there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere

i am not an angry girl but it seems like

iv'e got everyone fooled every time I say something

they find hard to hear they chalk it up to my anger

and never to their own fear

imagine you're a girl just trying to finally come clean

knowing full well they'd prefer you were dirty

and smiling and i'm sorry

but I am not a maiden fair and I am not a kitten

stuck up a tree somewhere generally my generation

wouldn't be caught dead working for the man

and generally I agree with them trouble is you got to have yourself

and alternate plan i have earned my disillusionment

i have been working all of my life i am a patriot

i have been fighting the good fight and what if there are

no damsels in distress what if i knew that

and I called your bluff don't you think ever kitten

figures out how to get down whether or not you ever show up

i am not a pretty girl

i don't really want to be a pretty girl

i want to be more than a pretty girl