Not A Pretty Girl

Artists : Ani Difranco : Not A Pretty Girl

I am not a pretty girl.
That is not what I do.
I aint 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.
Everytime I say something
they find hard to hear,
they chalk it up to my anger
and never to there own fear.
Imagine your a girl, Just trying
to finally come clean
Knowing full well they'd prefer
you were dirty and smiling.
And I am sorry,
But I am not a maiden fair.
I'm 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've got to have yourself
an alternate plane.
I have earned my disiliusions,
I have been working all of my life.
And I am a patriot. I've been
fighting for a 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?
Weather or not you ever show up.

I am not a pretty girl.
Don't really wanna be a pretty girl.
I wanna be more than a pretty girl.