Ani Difranco - NOT A PRETTY GIRL lyrics

rate me

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

I've 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

And imagine you're a girl

Just trying to finally come clean

Knowing full well they'd prefer

You were dirty

And smiling

And I am sorry

I am not a maiden fair

And I am not a kitten

Stuck up a tree somewhere

And generally my generation

Wouldn't be caught dead

Working for the man

And generally I agree with them

Trouble is you gotta have yourself

An alternate plan

I have earned my disillusionment

I have been working all of my life

And 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 every 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