Difranco Ani Not A Pretty Girl Lyrics

Not A Pretty Girl Lyrics

I am not a pretty girl
that is not what I do
I ain't no damsel in
distess
and I don't need to be rescued
so put me down punk
maybe you'd
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 youself an alternate plan
and 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 want to be a pretty girl
no I
want to be more than a pretty girl