Yep.
I am deviating from the norm and posting another song this week.
The reason is- that I found an old CD in my closet that I LOVE and had forgotten all about.
I used to listen to said CD like it was goin out of style back in my- I- hate- everyone-angry-man hating- phase... some years ago.
A friend of mine suggested I get off the Alanis Morisette jag and try someone else, with a little less hate and a little more poetry.
And so...the demise of Western Civilization did then transpire.
So...here's one of my all time favorite songs.
Enjoy.
Not a Pretty Girl-Ani DiFranco
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 jerk
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 that you we're dirty- and smiling- on your knees
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'd 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 want to be a pretty girl
I want to be more than a pretty girl.
I might have been-
Jaded
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