Angry Anymore Lyrics - Up Up Up Up Up Up - Ani Difranco

Growing up it was just me and my mom 

Against the world 

And all my sympathies were with her 

When I was a little girl 

But now I've seen both my parents 

Play out the hands they were dealt 

And as each year goes by 

I know more about how my father must have felt 

I just want you to understand 

That I know what all the fighting was for 

And I just want you to understand 

That I'm not angry anymore 

I'm not angry anymore 

She taught me how to wage a cold war 

With quiet charm 

But I just want to walk 

Through my life unarmed 

To accept and just get by 

Like my father learned to do 

But without all the acceptance and getting by 

That got my father through 

Night falls like people into love 

We generate our own light 

To compensate 

For the lack of light from above 

Every time we fight 

A cold wind blows our way 

But we learn like the trees 

How to bend 

How to sway and say 

I, I think I understand 

What all this fighting is for 

And baby, I just want you to understand 

That I'm not angry anymore 

No, I'm not angry anymore