Difranco Ani Gratitude Lyrics

Gratitude Lyrics

thank you
for letting me stay here
thank you for taking me in
thank
you
for the beer and the food
thank you
for loaning me bus
fare
thank you for showing me around
that was a very kind thing to
do
thank you
for the use of the clean towel
thank you for half of your
bed
we can sleep here like brother and sister,
you said
but you changed
the rules
in an hour or two
and I don't know what you
and your sisters
do
but please don't
please stop
this is not my obligation
what does
my body have to do
with my gratitude?
look at you
little white
lying
for the purpose of justifying
what you're trying to do
I know
that you feel my resistance
I know that you heard what I said
otherwise
you wouldn't need the excuse
thank you
for letting me stay here
thank
you for taking me in
I don't know where else
I would have turned
but I
don't come and go
like a pop song
that you can play incessantly
and
then foget when it's gone
you can't write me off
and you don't turn me
on
so don't change the rules
in an hour or two
I don't know what you
and your
sisters do
but please don't
please stop
this is not my
obligation
what does my body have to do
with my gratitude?